Discover the amazing of scarlet macaw. Learn how these colorful rainforest birds fly, communicate, crack hard nuts, and live ...

In eastern Honduras, Indigenous guardians are risking their lives to protect the famous red parrot. La Moskitia, Honduras—The DHC-6 Twin Otter from Tegucigalpa touched down on a 12,000-foot strip of ...

Scarlet macaws are an iconic but declining tropical bird. To change the species' fate, scientists are working to counter a lethal parenting method that dooms many chicks to death.

For biologist Diego Noriega, the sleepless nights begin in March. During breeding season at Mexico’s Chajul Biological Station, he sets his alarm clock every two hours, each time going to the ...

Scarlet macaws lay as many as four eggs per clutch, but only one or two chicks survive until fledging due to parental neglect. Scarlet macaw in flight. (Credit: Zdeněk Macháček via Unsplash. NOTE: ...

Researchers have discovered that scarlet macaws purposefully neglect feeding the youngest chicks in most broods, even when resources are plentiful. This results in only one or two chicks being able to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scarlet macaws are known to intentionally starve their youngest chicks (Credit: Getty Images) Scarlet macaws are an iconic but ...