In late December, a purple gallinule, a striking marsh bird native to the southeastern United States, the Caribbean, and Central America, was found in Houlton, Maine, hundreds of miles outside its ...

Wonder Gardens in Bonita Springs moved tropical birds indoors and created heated shelters for reptiles during this week's ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

From the striking rainbow colors of parrots in the rainforest to the brilliant flashes of yellows, oranges and blues in coral reefs, vibrantly colorful wildlife abounds in tropical ecosystems. But ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The wild parrots of Telegraph Hill are not shy about making their presence known. On any given day, a flock of the noisy, colorful birds can be seen flying over different parts ...

People love going to zoos. You get a close-up look at wild animals, might get to watch sea lions jump through a hoop, and just might be cussed out by an unruly gang of parrots. Wait, what? That’s ...

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. — Five flamingos that showed up in Wisconsin to wade along a Lake Michigan beach attracted a big crowd of onlookers eager to see the unusual visitors venturing far from their ...

Inside the world’s largest free-flying indoor aviary, pathways wind through a multilevel rainforest teeming with tropical birds in every color of the rainbow. Interact directly with feathered ...

March 11 (UPI) --Four Dominican nationals have been sentenced for attempting to smuggle tropical birds from San Juan, Puerto Rico, into the Dominican Republic, and then drowning them to "cover up ...