Free-living red-crowned parrots have been adapting so well to urban life in California, Florida, and Texas that their population numbers may rival those in their native Mexico, says a team of US ...

Nature reserves involving the participation of indigenous communities have developed tourism projects for bird-watching and succeeded in curbing the capture of the red-fronted macaw, a critically ...

If you love nature, there's one adventure that should appear on your bucket list -- seeing a flock of scarlet macaws flying across the tree tops in a tropical rain forest. The lush dark-green foliage ...

A vivid red-crowned Amazon parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) perched on a leafy branch, surrounded by lush green tropical vegetation. The parrot’s striking red forehead, emerald green feathers© Nathaniel ...

It began just before dusk, parked in a Harlingen cul-de-sac. We watched from the car as the trees filled with a flock of about 70 pairs, families and larger groups. We watched as they spent the ...

The bird, a nonnative species whose population ballooned in the 1970s and 80s, became emblematic of Temple City, Calif. By Livia Albeck-Ripka Reporting from Los Angeles. For decades, the residents of ...

Have you ever noticed how many white bird species, such as most gulls and geese, have black wing feathers? This is because black and brown colours are the result of melanins that are incorporated into ...