The drier conditions worry Cromwell Purchase because of their potential impact on habitat for the few surviving Spix's macaws. "A dry area only gets rain for a very short period of the year.

The Spix’s macaw, a stunning blue Brazilian parrot celebrated in the animated film Rio, has sadly become extinct in the wild. This vibrant bird is among eight bird species declared extinct in a recent ...

Spix's macaw lives exclusively in gallery woodland in Brazil's dry scrubland; the only good example of this habitat is now found along the San Francisco River. By the 1980s, virtually all of the ...

Not in the flashy way of, say, the Spix’s macaw (which is believed to be extinct ... This California butterfly lost habitat to grazing and drought and is considered to be extinct.

I sigh with relief. But not long ago the hyacinth macaw, the world's largest parrot, was also in great danger. In the 1980s an estimated 10,000 specimens were illegally captured and sold as pets, ...

The Brazilian spix's macaw is considered to be extinct in the ... How threatened is their habitat? A species with 500 animals left could be considered more endangered than one with only 300 ...

International researchers used bird extinction as a measure of the loss of biodiversity - the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat - linked with international ...

So why do so many animals and plants choose rainforests as their habitat? A habitat is a home ... birds, and mammals. Macaw: A colourful parrot that lives in the canopy layer of the rainforest ...

But have you ever wondered what plants and animals live in a desert and how they survive there? This is the Sahara. The largest desert on Earth! Wow! It looks like it hardly ever rains here ...

Bubblegum flavored broccoli, beefalo, and the most popular nut which is really not a nut; you’ll never believe these bizarre, interesting and fun facts. Blink and you might miss your chance to ...