People were breeding scarlet macaws (Ara macao) in what is today New Mexico in the 1100s, according to examination of eggshell found at the Old Town archeological site. Cyler Conrad and colleagues ...
As the tight beam of the scanning electron microscope focused on a tiny fragment of ancient eggshell, I immediately saw one of the inner shell’s layers had been partially reabsorbed. This exciting ...
A previous study that I shared with you indicated that Indigenous people started breeding parrots in captivity more than 1000 years ago (more here). That study found evidence that macaws lived in ...
A UK zoo has welcomed two of the world's most endangered parrots as part of a breeding program to help save them from extinction. The pair of red-fronted macaws have arrived at Twycross Zoo in Little ...
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11 Of The Last Spix's Macaws In The Wild Struck Down With A Deadly, Highly Contagious Virus
Yet another barrage of bad luck has struck the last remaining Spix’s macaw in the wild. A significant number of the super-rare, sky-blue parrots have tested positive for a highly contagious and fatal ...
Brazilian police said Wednesday they were probing the outbreak of a lethal virus among some of the last Spix's macaws, one of ...
Recovery of Brazil’s Spix’s macaw, popularized in animated ‘Rio’ films, threatened by climate change
CURACA, BrazilCURACA, 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 ...
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Brazil police probe plight of near-extinct blue parrot as lethal virus threatens last Spix’s macaws
Brazilian police say they are probing the outbreak of a lethal virus among some of the last Spix’s macaws, one of the world’s ...
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