1010 WINS --These are the rarest birds in the world. The Wildlife Reserves Singapore just unveiled the Blue Spix's macaws and they're beautiful. According to the reserve, there are believed to be none ...

In the film, the bright blue birds save their endangered species Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and wildlife. The ...

In the animated film “Rio,” a Spix’s Macaw named Blu flies all the way from Minnesota to Rio de Janeiro because he’s the last living male of his species and that’s where Jewel, the last living female, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Some have claimed she's indulging a forbidden romance. More likely, loneliness compels her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro's zoo. Either way, a blue-and-yellow macaw that ...

Eight bird species, including one from Hawaii, have most likely gone extinct this century, The Guardian reports. This announcement is the result of a new statistical analysis of critically endangered ...

In the 2011 film Rio, a male blue macaw – one of the most endangered species on Earth – is discovered living in Minnesota and is flown all the way down to Rio de Janeiro in the hopes that he can help ...

A new study has found the Brazilian Spix’s macaw parrot has become extinct in the wild. The bird achieved onscreen fame as an animated character in the Disney movie “Rio” as a charming parrot named ...

A rare blue macaw has been born in a zoo in São Paulo; the first to be born in captivity in Brazil. The Lear’s macaw, also known as the indigo macaw, is an endangered species with a population of just ...