The hyacinth macaw is a gorgeous, unmistakable species of macaw that lives mainly in Brazil. The striking deep blue of their feathers and small pops of yellow make it hard to pull your eyes away, ...

Eight bird species, including one from Hawaii, have most likely gone extinct this century, The Guardian reports. This announcement is the result of a new statistical analysis of critically endangered ...

For more than two decades, the Spix’s macaw existed only in captivity. Its disappearance from Brazil’s Caatinga was not simply the loss of another bird. With its striking blue plumage and ...

The blue macaw parrot known as a Spix’s macaw has gone extinct in the wild, according to a new study from BirdLife International. Native to Brazil, the species, known for its sharp blue coloration, ...

The central focus of the cartoon movie “Rio,” which follows an adventurous blue macaw named Blu through his journey to return to the wild, is on the efforts to prevent the macaw’s extinction outside ...

In the animated film “Rio,” a Spix’s Macaw named Blu flies all the way from Minnesota to Rio de Janeiro because he’s the last living male of his species and that’s where Jewel, the last living female, ...

An illegal fire set by a farmer to clear his land spreads through the Amazon rainforest in Para state AFPTV / Florian PLAUCHEUR Blue macaws, one of rarest birds in the world, lost their home in Brazil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Spix's Macaw, better known as Blu to Rio fans, has been wiped out. This sad news is made even more tragic by the plot of Rio, ...

1010 WINS --These are the rarest birds in the world. The Wildlife Reserves Singapore just unveiled the Blue Spix's macaws and they're beautiful. According to the reserve, there are believed to be none ...

More conservation good news: a macaw species once thought to be Extinct-In-The-Wild is now recovering its numbers, thanks to intensive conservation efforts An adult pair of blue-throated macaws (Ara ...

In the animated film "Rio," a Spix's Macaw named Blu travels all the way from Minnesota to Rio de Janeiro because he's the last living male of his species and that's where Jewel, the last living ...