A new permanent ban on parrot sales in Mexico may protect the country's exotic birds from a thriving illegal wildlife trade, conservationists say. Mexico considers half of its 22 parrot species ...

The tiny, thin bird darted from oak to juniper trees in the Santa Rita Mountains, uttering soft “whip” calls, catching insects and occasionally flying over a birdwatcher’s head. That was the pine ...

Question: My Mexican Bird of Paradise was gorgeous this year, the best ever. The flowers are now going to seed pods. Should I cut it back? What is the proper way to care for this plant as it moves ...

The bird is now official. The black-backed oriole that visited the Lower Heidelberg Township feeders of Richard and Susan Hybki last year has been officially recognized by the Pennsylvania ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The term parrot encompasses many bird species. A group given the scientific name Amazona includes about 30 species of ...

A Texas A&M-led research team determined that a population of endangered red-crowned parrots is thriving in urban areas of South Texas. “The parrots are a unique case, considering that many animal ...

The Socorro dove may look unassuming. With a fluffy brown coat and pink feet, the dove species could be mistaken for an average city pigeon by the untrained eye. But the Mexican birds are extinct in ...

You may have seen them streaking through our skies or hanging from our trees – the green and red colors of the feral Mexican parrot in the southland. L.A. Times’s Louis Sahagún has written about this ...