Breeding and caring for birds is a full-time job for Michele Raffin, executive director and founder of the nonprofit group Pandemonium Aviaries. The longtime animal lover says that after she rescued ...

The aviary at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur, with a dozen enclosures housing exotic macaw species is buzzing always, but the authorities are not excited as very few of them are breeding ...

Raising parrots can be both challenging and rewarding. Making a profit from breeding birds takes time, and some species only breed one time each year. Adequate housing, good nutrition and maintaining ...

The Lear’s indigo macaw, Anodorhynchus leari, has always been mysterious. Although this spectacular cerulean parrot with its long pointy tail was first described in 1856, its natural range remained ...

If you’re like me, you’ve been eagerly anticipating the release of captive-bred Spix’s little blue macaws, Cyanopsitta spixii, back into their ancestral home in Brazil. These parrots are amongst the ...