A species of parrots that went extinct in the wild over two decades ago has made a flying comeback following extensive conservation attempts in Brazil. Spix’s macaw, known for its vivid blue colours, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Spix’s macaw was declared extinct in the wild in 2019 (Reuters) A rare, vivid-blue parrot, declared extinct in the wild in 2019 before a captive-breeding programme began reintroducing it to Brazil ...

The rare birds in nature represent the delicate balance between species survival and environmental change. Each of these ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI/BRASILIA (Reuters) - This is a story about a bird and a family. But this is no ordinary bird, and this is no ordinary family. Spix's macaw, a vivid-blue parrot with elaborate mating rituals, ...

Nearly 1 million species are considered at-risk of going extinct. If that sounds like a lot, that’s because it is. Some scientists argue we’re on the brink of the “sixth mass extinction” — a loss of ...

For the last 15 years, Spix's Macaw has been presumed extinct in the wild. That's until one of the blue-feathered parrots was spotted and caught on video flying near the town of Curaca, Brazil.