In the film, the bright blue birds save their endangered species Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, The ...

Yet another barrage of bad luck has struck the last remaining Spix’s macaw in the wild. A significant number of the super-rare, sky-blue parrots have tested positive for a highly contagious and fatal ...

A rare blue Spix’s macaw that was among the last-born members of its species and was believed to have inspired the movie “Rio,” has died outside of Sao Paulo. The 40-year-old parrot named Presley was ...

1010 WINS --These are the rarest birds in the world. The Wildlife Reserves Singapore just unveiled the Blue Spix's macaws and they're beautiful. According to the reserve, there are believed to be none ...

In the animated film “Rio,” a Spix’s Macaw named Blu flies all the way from Minnesota to Rio de Janeiro because he’s the last living male of his species and that’s where Jewel, the last living female, ...

A new study is drawing attention to the possible extinction of an animal depicted in the animated film “Rio,” a story about two surviving blue macaws. The recently published study found that Spix’s ...

FALL RIVER — For several weeks, the animal sounds echoing through the halls of Forever Paws have been more R-rated than usual. Hendrix, a 20-year-old blue and yellow macaw, has a shockingly filthy ...

A new study is drawing attention to the possible extinction of an animal depicted in the animated film “Rio,” a story about two surviving blue macaws. The recently published study found that Spix’s ...