Nico the Amazon parrot has found his happy place, and that place is in the middle of a torrential rainstorm. The more rain ...

Animals have a way of surprising us in ways we didn't expect. Even vocal birds, who are capable of saying all kinds of things, might pull something out of nowhere that stops you in your tracks. A cute ...

Animals have a way of surprising us in ways we didn't expect. Even vocal birds, who are capable of saying all kinds of things, might pull something out of nowhere that stops you in your tracks. As a ...

Animals have a way of surprising us in ways we didn't expect. Even vocal birds, who are capable of saying all kinds of things, might pull something out of nowhere that stops you in your tracks. This ...

A rare blue parrot that was among the last wild-born members of its species and was believed to have inspired the movie Rio has died outside São Paulo, Brazil. The bird was a Spix's macaw named ...

Brazilian police said Wednesday they were probing the outbreak of a lethal virus among some of the last Spix's macaws, one of the world's rarest birds -- made famous as the blue parrot in the 2011 ...

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazilian police said Wednesday they were probing the outbreak of a lethal virus among some of the last Spix's macaws, one of the world's rarest birds -- made famous as ...

Until recent efforts to rewild the endangered species, the Spix's macaw had not been seen in its natural habitat for 25 years. Its conservation has sparked tensions between private breeders and the ...

The fate of the Spix's macaw -- featured in the 2011 animated film "Rio" -- has been the subject of a fierce battle between private breeders and the government Circovirus causes beak and feather ...