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In 2005, archaeologists discovered a 600- to 1,000-year-old tomb filled with painted wooden masks and headdresses decorated with parrot feathers. These elaborate decorations created “false heads” that ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The world’s only flightless parrot species was once thought to be doomed by design. The kakapo is too heavy, too slow and, frankly, too delicious to survive around predators, ...

Parrots are famously chatty birds. They converse with each other, with other birds and even with their human companions. Research has additionally found that at least some parrots can understand the ...

Zoo Knoxville's favorite feathered ambassador, Einstein, has died. The 38-year-old parrot died from cancer on her syrinx which she had been fighting since 2023, according to the zoo. Einstein was an ...

"We are preparing for what might be the biggest breeding season since the program began 30 years ago," one conservationist said Getty Conservationists in New Zealand are more optimistic than ever ...

Correction: A previous version of this article described the kākāpō as almost blind. It has nocturnal vision. Originally moved Jan. 14, 2021. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most ...

Deep in the New Zealand forest, the booming thud of the kākāpō’s ancient mating ritual sounds more like a bass speaker than birdsong. What’s more, it risks falling silent forever. This sound comes ...