This blue budgie is a playful parakeet with a typical lifespan of 5–10 years. Macaws and cockatoos can live to be 70–80 years old. averess / Getty Images/iStockphoto My middle schooler decided she ...

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Not everyone is a cat person or a dog person. Some folks are bird people. If you’ve decided to get a feathered friend, you have a lot to consider. There are numerous species of birds, all ranging in ...

This week's adoptable pet is a beautiful ruby macaw named Maxwell. He was rescued 15 years ago by a loving family that is no longer able to care for him. He is now 21 years old and because birds like ...

Macaws, the world’s largest parrots, are declining in the wild due to over-zealous collecting for the pet trade, poaching, and habitat loss according to a researcher at Texas A&M University. Dr. Don ...