The endangered kakapo is a flightless bird native to New Zealand. Its population is growing, but its parasites have dwindled.

Another big problem is the pet trade. For example, a chick of a great green macaw (Ara ambiguus) is traded on the black market for around 900 euros; an adult bird bred in captivity costs around 1500 ...

The birds in question include the great green macaw (Ara ambiguous), which lives in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.According to the Service, there are likely only ...

Two scarlet macaws (Ara macao). (Credit: ELMER MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images) I recently ran across a lovely video that documents one scientist's ongoing research, conducted in the field at the ...

Chris Castles, co-director of the Ara Project, which breeds great green and scarlet macaws at the organization’s Alajuela base, said a more recent global population estimate for the great green macaw ...

The scarlet macaw (Ara macao) stands as an irreplaceable symbol of the unique and extraordinary avian life in Costa Rica. Especially in the Central Pacific region of the country, these birds have seen ...

For example, a chick of a great green macaw (Ara ambiguus) is traded on the black market for around 900 euros; an adult bird bred in captivity costs around 1500 euros.