New Zealand's endangered kakapo has a unique breeding cycle. Now, for the first time in four years, the parrots are in the ...

As the tight beam of the scanning electron microscope focused on a tiny fragment of ancient eggshell, I immediately saw one of the inner shell’s layers had been partially reabsorbed. This exciting ...

Rare red-fronted macaws are making a rebound in central Bolivia, thanks to creative conservation agreements with local farmers. Birding enthusiasts can reap the benefits.

Experts estimate 11,000 hectares of core habitat for the critically endangered parrot has been lost to a recent fire.

People were breeding scarlet macaws (Ara macao) in what is today New Mexico in the 1100s, according to examination of eggshell found at the Old Town archeological site. Cyler Conrad and colleagues ...

Twycross Zoo's new red-fronted macaws. (Twycross Zoo via SWNS) By Adam Dutton via SWNS A UK zoo has welcomed two of the world's most endangered parrots as part of a breeding program to help save them ...

Loopholes in the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have allowed near-extinct animals to be moved across borders for breeding; in principle, CITES allows species ...