CURACA, Brazil (AP) — All Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil's Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past ...

Candice and Cromwell Purchase have dedicated their adult lives to saving the Spix’s macaw, a critically endangered species. Efforts to reintroduce Spix’s macaws into the wild have faced challenges, ...

A new lawsuit asks Colombia to recognize that jaguars, military macaws and the nation’s tropical dry forest have legal rights to “life, health and integrity.” The case is the latest in the “rights of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Spix’s macaw, one of the world’s most threatened parrots, disappeared from the wild at the turn of the millennium due to the illegal pet trade ...

Beautiful red-fronted macaws are making a rebound in central Bolivia, thanks to creative conservation agreements with local farmers. Birding enthusiasts can reap the benefits. We stood on the rocky ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Can a species bounce back from being "extinct in the wild"? The blue-winged macaw is showing how it can be done.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A successful program to reintroduce the Spix’s macaw, a bird declared extinct in the wild, back into its native habitat has been thrown into ...

The Lear's macaw (Anodorhynchus leari), a species endemic to the north of the state of Bahia, Brazil, nearly went extinct in the 1990s. Thanks to conservation efforts, its population has grown to ...

CURACA, Brazil — All Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil’s Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past their ...

A Spix's macaw lands on a tree in a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. CURACA, Brazil (AP) — All Spix's macaws are ...