If you saw the movie Rio, you’ll remember the main characters, Blu and Jewel. In the film, they are the last known birds of their kind, called the Spix’s macaw. (20th Century Fox and Blue Sky ...

LONDON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- In the 2011 animated film Rio, Blu, a domesticated Spix's macaw, fell in love with Jewel, a wild member of his species, but according to a new study, Blu was unlikely to ...

The Spix's Macaw, the Brazilian blue parrot that inspired the hero of the 2011 animated movie Rio, is one of eight bird species that are now believed to be extinct in the wild. The study that ...