Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 12:18 
Black billed parrotKINGSTON, Jamaica – The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is warning people who may be seeking to purchase pets as gifts for the Christmas season to be careful not to buy protected species.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 11:46 
NUT CASE: Zealandia kaka, including 1-year-old Amy, eagerly await the challenges set for them by PhD student Julia Loepelt in order to claim their cashew reward.Zealandia's kaka are turning the notion of "bird brain" on its head.
The native parrots' intelligence is being put to the test by Victoria University PhD student Julia Loepelt.
Since January, the 28-year-old biologist from Germany has been giving the kaka a series of tasks to challenge them, with a tasty reward at the end.
"The tasks differ in what sort of cognitive abilities are needed to solve it, whether they have to memorise something or have to solve a novel problem," she said.
"You look at whether they are able to solve it, or how fast they solve it, or if they get faster."
Nestor meridionalis - Kaka | in Intelligence, Research, Training Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 2:59 
Abbotti Cockatoo at nesting site The Abbotti cockatoo (C. sulphurea abbotti) is one of the rarest parrots in the world and is currently on the threshold of extinction with only twenty birds left on Masakambing island in the remote Java Sea, Indonesia. To support and help create awareness of these beautiful birds, renowned wildlife artist Andrew Denman has created a one-of-a-kind pencil drawing which will be put up for auction. 100% of the proceeds will be used to protect and conserve this small population.
Friday, December 12, 2014 at 4:14 
Night parrot. Hoki hatched on Codfish Island in 1992, and was the first to be successfully hand-reared. She has yet to produce any surviving offspring, but at just 21, she should have many reproductive years ahead. Image by Chrissie Goldrick By the mid-20th century it seemed inevitable the kakapo would be added to the long list of extinct New Zealand birds, but this peculiar parrot wasn’t quite ready for its swan song.
Friday, December 12, 2014 at 3:24 
Prof. Dale Smith. Diagnostic test could help reduce spreadProf. Dale Smith is one of the first to develop the tools needed to stop the spread of a deadly wasting disease that is killing pet birds across the globe.
