A bumper berry harvest has New Zealand's weird flightless parrot in a rare mood for romance

Through intensive efforts, New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world's only ...

Indigenous Communities Report Dramatic Loss Of Large Bird Species Over 80 Years

As the global avian extinction crisis accelerates, the loss of large-bodied birds is destroying local biodiversity and ...
Forbes

Meet America's Only 3 Native Parrots — One Is Extinct, One Relocated To Mexico, And One Thrives In This Southern State

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Parrots are among the most vibrant and loquacious birds in ...

Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds.

Scientists studying data collected over more than three decades found accelerating losses. Their research offers clues about the causes.
People

U.K. Zoo Sets Up 2 Endangered Parrots in Attempt to Save Species: 'Hottest New Couple'

The pairing is a "necessary and important step" to save the red-fronted macaw, a Twycross Zoo employee said Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ...
NBC Los Angeles

Parrot Species in US Cities May Rival That in Mexico

U.S. researchers are launching studies on Mexico's red-crowned parrot -- a species that has been adapting so well to living in cities in California and Texas after escaping from the pet trade that the ...