Despite these similar characteristics, the 389 species of parrot in the world are each distinct, varying in size, colour and shape. The New World and African parrots are distributed from Central and ...

By Shreya Dasgupta African gray parrots, one of the world’s most trafficked birds, can no longer be captured or traded across ...

On Thursday, March 20th, one African Grey Parrot spoke so clearly that some people were seriously wondering if it was AI. It ...

a designation covering species threatened with extinction. To continue selling birds abroad, breeders must now prove to CITES inspectors that their African grays are raised in captivity ...

Related: Cockatoo Who Woke Up and 'Chose Chaos' Is Like a Real-Life Energizer Bunny Many bird species are natural entertainers but as the Maryland Zoo explains, African Grey Parrots have an ...

The Biodiversity Law Centre, which represents the groups, said the number of penguins had dwindled from 15,000 in 2018 to just under 9,000 at the end of 2023. It said if the current rates of decline ...

The clip had millions laughing but also raised awareness for a species most had never heard of. That bird, Sirocco, became a celebrity conservation ambassador with his Facebook page and government ...

A 22.5 acre (nine hectare) savannah, designed to replicate the grasslands of Africa, is to open at Chester Zoo. One of the UK ...

A new study suggests the orange-bellied parrot has lost 62 per cent of its genetic diversity in the past 200 years. Scientists say to save the critically endangered species we must consider ...

The first method would involve using gene-editing tools such as CRISPR, to make changes that would likely exist in birds of the same species. The problem is that such an approach has not been done ...

A new species of parrot snake lay undetected for nearly nine years in a scientific collection in Brazil. It closely resembled related species with bright green and yellow tones. But one detail set ...