Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spix's macaw has been entirely extinct in the wild since the start of the century (Getty) (the_independent_577) A species of ...

Experts are celebrating a massive conservation win after a bird no longer found in the wild managed to reproduce in captivity. A pair of Spix's macaws at the Pairi Daiza zoo in Belgium have added a ...

Candice and Cromwell Purchase have dedicated their adult lives to saving the Spix’s macaw, a critically endangered species. Efforts to reintroduce Spix’s macaws into the wild have faced challenges, ...

Declared extinct in the wild in 2000, the Spix’s macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) is now at the center of a pathbreaking effort to restore its presence in its native habitat. Greens Zoological Rescue and ...

Twenty years after the species was officially declared extinct in nature, 52 Spix’s macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) arrived in Brazil’s Bahia state for eventual reintroduction back into their native ...

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 ...

The journey of restoring the Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), a species declared extinct in the wild in 2000, has taken a major leap forward with Vantara's recent collaboration with the Association ...

The only wild specimens of a rare blue parrot which had only recently been returned to its natural habitat in Brazil have been diagnosed with a lethal, incurable virus, the government said in a ...

The world’s rarest parrot, declared extinct in the wild, has hatched at a zoo. The Spix’s macaw – famous as the character Blu in the film "Rio" – was born at the Centre for the Conservation of ...

In a major milestone for global wildlife conservation, 41 Spix’s macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) have been successfully transferred from Germany to Brazil as part of a groundbreaking initiative to ...

Jamnagar (Gujarat), 30th January 2025: Declared extinct in the wild in 2000, Spix's macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) are now at the heart of a historic initiative to reintroduce them to their native ...