The vibrant feathers of Amazonian parrots were both a fashion statement and a symbol of power for civilizations predating the ...

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed that vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the Inca Empire, highlighting a sophisticated ...

Experts say parrots were prized for their vibrant feathers, which held deep cultural value in pre-Hispanic societies.

New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before the ...

A team of researchers from Peru, Spain, the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia analyzed parrot feathers that were discovered at Pachacamac in present-day Peru. The village on the central ...

Nanday parakeets have stuck to the canyons around Malibu, so it’s not clear how they got there.

Kakapos, which are reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, are found only in New Zealand. They feed on the fruit of the rimu tree.

The hyper-arid coastal desert of Peru is an unlikely place to find the electric-blue and brilliant scarlet feathers of tropical rainforest parrots. Yet, during a 2005 excavation at the religious ...

Learn how ancient DNA and isotope analysis revealed that Amazon parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru in a pre-Inca trade network.

A special tribute will be paid to Jock, the silverback who died a week ago ...

The biggest berry bloom in New Zealand’s forests in decades has set off a mating frenzy among the critically endangered ...