The red-tailed amazon, one of the rarest parrots in Brazil, has made a remarkable comeback thanks to the tireless efforts of environmental groups. As Mongabay reported, illegal wildlife trafficking ...

The world’s rarest parrot is suddenly back in the spotlight for the best possible reason: after a four year lull, New Zealand’s kākāpō are laying eggs again and launching a fresh breeding season that ...

Habitat loss and the illegal pet trade drove the red-tailed amazon (Amazona brasiliensis), endemic to the southeastern Brazilian coast, to fewer than 5,000 individuals by the end of the 20th Century ...

New Zealand's rarest birds have seemingly come back from the dead. For decades, they were thought to be extinct until tiny populations were rediscovered, the holdouts that survived against the odds.

It can be hard to both monitor and protect rare bird breeds, especially if they have the tendency to be out and about mostly at nighttime like this particular breed, but experts think they've finally ...

Twenty red-browed amazons were released in January 2025 in a forest reserve in Alagoas, Brazil, where only four wild individuals remained after the species was driven to near-extinction by illegal ...