A critically endangered New Zealand parrot is receiving much needed help. The flightless Kākāpō, though once widespread in ...

Parrots (Psittaciformes) are colorful birds that prefer warm or tropical climates. The parrot family includes nearly 400 ...

Birds are some of the most colorful animals on Earth, with a palette of rainbow tones to feast your eyes on. Here are our picks for some of our most flamboyant feathered friends. When you purchase ...

The origin of these differences in plumage has puzzled scientists for centuries: did colorful feathers evolve in the tropics or do tropical birds have colorful ancestors that flocked to the region ...

When exploring countries with tropical rainforests, you might also expect to see a plethora of colorful parrots. The Bilit Adventure Lodge, a Borneo river lodge, is an incredible place to explore ...

Birds like cardinals get their colorful plumage from carotenoids in their diets. But the colors in parrots’ plumage comes from chemicals known as psittacofulvins. Using genetic mapping ...

Researchers described biofluorescence in 37 of the 45 known species of birds-of-paradise, found only in remote tropical forests and woodland habitats of Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and ...