Habitat loss and the illegal pet trade drove the red-tailed amazon (Amazona brasiliensis), endemic to the southeastern Brazilian coast, to fewer than 5,000 individuals by the end of the 20th Century ...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Brazilian scientists have discovered a new parrot species in the southern Amazon -- a green plumed bird with a vulture's hooked neck and a bald orange head. The bird measures ...
Colombian law demands that, after rehabilitation, trafficked wildlife must be released in their original home range. But that is often difficult to determine. Researchers sequenced the DNA of Colombia ...