Blue and gold macaws (sometimes called blue and yellow macaws) are a type of tropical bird most commonly known as a parrot. Due to the robust exotic pet trade, they are endangered in their home ...

In an unprecedented project in the municipality of São Simão, blue-and-yellow macaws born in captivity were trained in free-flight techniques before being introduced into the wild. Traditionally, in ...

Christina Harvey uses wind tunnels at the UC Davis College of Engineering to study bird flight. Harvey is the recipient of a 2023 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering. (UC Davis photo) ...

Roger Williams Park Zoo was full of kids earlier this month, and seemingly every young arm in the zoo shot skyward when bird trainer Sean Hoelle asked for a volunteer. Hoelle was demonstrating how ...

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A flight from Las Vegas landed safely in Southern California after it apparently struck a bird while in the air Thursday. A spokesperson for Southwest Airlines confirmed Flight 1422 ...

Hawaiian Electric is conducting studies of bird flight paths on Maui to reduce the impact of strikes on company-owned utilities lines. Newell’s shearwater is among the threatened species under study.

An American Airlines flight to Charlotte had to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff Thursday night when it struck a bird, the company said. Flight 1722 was forced to land just minutes ...