In an unprecedented project in the municipality of São Simão, blue-and-yellow macaws born in captivity were trained in free-flight techniques before being introduced into the wild. Traditionally ...

As well as encouraging longer flights, the training gradually includes an increasingly scarce food supply and a change in the time of day, forcing the macaws to look for food in the wild. And also, ...

GZRRC and ACTP have partnered to reintroduce Spix’s Macaws to the wild, with 41 birds transferred to Brazil, marking a significant conservation milestone. Greens Zoological Rescue and ...

Declared extinct in the wild in 2000, the Spix’s macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is now at the center of a pathbreaking effort to restore its presence in its native habitat. Greens Zoological Rescue ...

This was followed by the transport of 52 macaws from Germany and Belgium in 2020, and in 2022, the first successful wild release resulted in the birth of seven wild chicks—a historic achievement ...

Jamnagar (Gujarat), 30th January 2025: Declared extinct in the wild in 2000, Spix's macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) are now at the heart of a historic initiative to reintroduce them to their native ...

“Elated” ecologists at Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary wasted no time. Scarlet-chested parrots are “threatened and understudied,” ...

Across southeastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the Elaeis guineensis tree is native ...

Community volunteers have set up a hospital in a country New South Wales showground to triage and treat hundreds of birds ...

Zoo greeters included macaws Crackle and Perus with cameos by jaguar Fiona, porcupine Priscilla, Amada the rainbow boa, and ...