Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As global bird populations face a severe crisis, a new conservation effort in New Zealand has brought a glimmer of hope. According ...

Monk parrots are among the species that successfully breed in the wild. GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images The United States was once home to two endemic parrots species: the Carolina parakeet, which was ...

A previous study that I shared with you indicated that Indigenous people started breeding parrots in captivity more than 1000 years ago (more here). That study found evidence that macaws lived in ...

Terry Fields’ house looks like any other East Texas home. The pier-and-beam building sits on around 2 acres of property in a small subdivision just outside of Lufkin. The back patio, complete with a ...

Good news for all those animal lovers out there: the New Zealand Department of Conservation claims that the kakapo parrot (also widely renowned as the world’s ‘fattest’ parrot species) has just ...

DNA evidence appears to have revealed an ancient parrot-breeding operation in the southwestern United States, a new study reports. A team of researchers from several U.S. universities analyzed ancient ...