The hyacinth macaw is a gorgeous, unmistakable species of macaw that lives mainly in Brazil. The striking deep blue of their feathers and small pops of yellow make it hard to pull your eyes away, ...

More conservation good news: a macaw species once thought to be Extinct-In-The-Wild is now recovering its numbers, thanks to intensive conservation efforts An adult pair of blue-throated macaws (Ara ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birds are naturally intelligent creatures, but some species are a little too smart. Those capable of picking up words, phrases, ...

Six blue-and-yellow macaws are gracing the skies of São Simão, in Brazil’s southeastern São Paulo state, after more than five decades of local extinction, Mongabay contributor Suzana Camargo reported.

Blue-throated macaws, a critically endangered parrot species, have demonstrated automatic imitation of intransitive (goal-less) actions—a phenomenon previously documented only in humans. In a study ...

In an unprecedented project in the municipality of São Simão, blue-and-yellow macaws born in captivity were trained in free-flight techniques before being introduced into the wild. Traditionally, in ...

Candice and Cromwell Purchase have dedicated their adult lives to saving the Spix’s macaw, a critically endangered species. Efforts to reintroduce Spix’s macaws into the wild have faced challenges, ...