Dinosaur Looked, Behaved Like a Parrot

A newly-found dinosaur, Psittacosaurus gobiensis, resembled a modern parrot on steroids, but it was likely not a close relative. Here a skull of a modern macaw is shown next to that of the parrot-beaked dinosaur, Psittacosaurus gobiensis. Photo: Mike HettwerPolly might have craved a huge cracker back in the Cretaceous Era, since researchers have just identified an over 3-foot-long dinosaur that looked, ate and behaved very similar to today's parrots.

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Funds boost for parrot habitat

Regent Parrot (Polytelis anthopeplus) Photo: KymThe project manager of the Riverland West Local Action Planning Group says new South Australian Government funding will provide the region with significant grassroots projects.

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Endangered parrots stolen from Breakers on Palm Beach, dumped at pet store

Palm beach parrotPALM BEACH — Police are looking for a bird trapper who preyed on two rare wild endangered parrot chicks outside The Breakers Palm Beach hotel and then dumped them at a pet store after finding he couldn't sell them.

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South American parrots at home in Houston

Houston monk parakeets. Image by Shelly and Roy JohnsonWhen artist June Woest moved into her Bellaire studio, she was surprised to find a colony of green parrots had set up housekeeping in the gigantic transmission towers behind it. A group of monk parakeets - the Polly-wanna-cracker kind of parrot sold in pet stores - had apparently escaped their cages and were doing just fine on their own.

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Conservation breakthrough as kakariki re-colonise remote island

A Kermadec red-crowned kakariki (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae cyanurus), seen in abundance on Raoul Island after a 150-year absence.The natural re-colonisation of kakariki on Raoul Island after a 150-year absence has set a unique international example for conservation management, University conservation researchers say.

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