Torrential rains and mudslides have killed at least 17 people across California this week. Staffers at a bird sanctuary spoke about their efforts to care for the parrots amid the storm. An 18-year-old ...

In January 2025, the flu took that Louisiana patient’s life. The individual was older than 65, had preexisting health ...

If you live in California, chances are you've had Polly and friends show up in your yard. You're definitely not alone. California has thriving populations of wild parrots and parakeets, and their ...

By Gloria Dickie In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears ...

Crickets chirp in the night as Gerardo Marrón calls to an elf owl on a Baja California Sur mountainside in late October.

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The throaty squeaks of terror could easily be heard from 20 feet away. A pair of green parrots — likely red-crowned amazons native to northeast Mexico — screeched ...

Many exotic bird species have made Southern California their home, breeding and living here year-round, with several populations of these birds skyrocketing in recent years. Doug Willick, who records ...

SAN DIEGO — U.S. researchers are launching studies on Mexico’s red-crowned parrot — a species that has been adapting so well to living in cities in California and Texas after escaping from the pet ...