A critically endangered, flightless parrot species is breeding for the first time in four years in New Zealand, officials announced Jan. 6. "It's always exciting when the breeding season officially ...

(Credit: Ondrej Prosicky/shutterstock) Native Americans may have kept a breeding colony of scarlet macaws in the American Southwest starting more than 1,000 years ago, a new study finds. The birds ...

New Zealand's critically endangered flightless parrot, the kakapo, started breeding last week for the first time in four years, the government conservation department said. Only 236 of the rotund and ...

Natural History experts say it is the first time bitterns have bred at the site since 1956.

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 ...

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 ...