Scientists just mapped the family tree of all 11,000 bird species—and you can explore it

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the ...
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 ...
Live Science

Rare nocturnal parrots in New Zealand are breeding for the first time in 4 years — here's why

Kākāpō ( Strigops habroptilus) are large, flightless, nocturnal parrots with mottled green and yellow plumage that only breed every two to four years. Their breeding seasons are triggered by the mass ...
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 ...

World’s fattest parrots set for mating bonanza after bumper berry crop

After a four-year hiatus, conservationists in New Zealand are relieved that the flightless kākāpo is once again breeding. Fewer than 300 of the parrots exist.

Country diary: I see 38 bird species in a day – but does it matter?

I’m counting, but not counting. The highlight, though, has to be those those gentleman thugs, the greater black-backed gulls ...
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 ...