WASHINGTON (CN) - Highlighting threats that the brilliantly colored parrot faces from the pet trade and deforestation, wildlife advocates brought a lawsuit to ensure federal protection of the scarlet ...

Friends of Animals had asked the Fish and Wildlife Service to increase protections for some macaws. The Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday that it’s sticking with the current Endangered Species Act ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Four species of Central and South American macaws warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The hyacinth, military, great ...

This Birdie Told Me,” the third book in the Inspire EdVentures Science series, invites young readers into the colorful ...

The scarlet macaw population in Central America’s largest wilderness area had dwindled drastically. The Indigenous Miskito people stepped in to help save them. A scarlet macaw perches on a tree branch ...

The Last Flight of The Scarlet Macaw: One Woman’s Fight to Save the World’s Most Beautiful Bird by Bruce Barcott. Random House, 336 pp. $25.95 When I visited the Belize Zoo in 2003, I had no idea of ...

One endangered parrot species just got a major boost: A whopping 20 scarlet macaw fledglings have now taken flight over the forests of Guatemala. Scarlet macaws, one of the world's largest parrot ...

There are only 350 scarlet macaws left in the wild in Belize. They face the threats of poaching and habitat loss. But let us introduce you to the passionate people determined to save these colorful ...

The world is starved for heroes, especially environmental heroes, in these increasingly gloomy times amid the gathering onrush of habitat destruction and global warming. Seattle writer Bruce Barcott ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The northern subspecies of the scarlet macaw (Ara macao cyanoptera) has disappeared from much of its former range in Mexico and Central America due ...

A scarlet macaw, the national bird of Honduras, perches on a tree in La Mosquitia, which has the largest wilderness area in Central America. It is the only place in the country where scarlet macaws ...