Birds of a feather flock together, but it can be hard to tell them apart -- unless, of course, you're an expert ornithologist. Such is the case for a species of parrot that was recently identified and ...

Red-crowned Parrot https://www.flickr.com/photos/juliom/20457677839/in/photostream/ (Julio Mulero, Flickr) An endangered parrot species is making a home in South ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — World Parrot Day, celebrated on May 31, highlights the plight of endangered parrot species, with many facing threats from habitat loss and the pet trade. Tom Dock, Director of ...

A Texas A&M-led research team has discovered that a population of endangered red-crowned parrots is thriving in urban areas of South Texas. The parrots are a unique case, considering that many animal ...

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that two species of parrots have been observed in the wild and, therefore, no longer require protection under U.S. endangered species law. One of the species ...

Neil D’Cruze works for an international NGO, World Animal Protection as the Global Head of Wildlife Research. Rowan O. Martin receives funding from World Parrot Trust. University of Oxford provides ...

A cloud forest reserve was recently created in the Andes of southern Ecuador to help conserve the range-restricted Endangered Red-faced Parrot by improving its habitat connectivity. Endangered ...

Habitat loss and the illegal pet trade drove the red-tailed amazon (Amazona brasiliensis), endemic to the southeastern Brazilian coast, to fewer than 5,000 individuals by the end of the 20th Century ...

Four species of parrots endemic to Caribbean islands in the Lesser Antilles — St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Dominica — are clinging to existence amid a volley of hurricanes and volcanic eruptions that ...