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 ...

BARBARA BARR REPORTS ON HIS HAPPY HOMECOMING. YOU CAN HAVE A TREE. ADELAIDE THOMAS GIVES THE FAMILY PET A MACAW NAMED GURU A TREAT. WE’RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM BACK ON HIS PERCH. HE. HE WAS GONE AND WE ...

Pets can demand a lot of effort and attention, but they often enjoy company just as much as being a pampered only child.

A search to find a missing pet bird that got loose during a camping trip over the weekend in suburban Palos Hills came to an end Tuesday thanks to a local rescue group. Volunteers with the local ...

PANTANAL, Brazil - Hyacinth macaws in their cobalt-blue splendor descended on palm trees like exalted angels as we sat in our unpretentious fishing camp along the Rio Piquiri. The birds appeared in ...

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WBIR) — You've heard of firefighters rescuing cats from trees, but what about a macaw parrot? Wednesday, the Morristown Fire Department in northeastern Tennessee jumped into action ...

People have been keeping birds as pets and companions for thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and many other older civilizations kept birds as pets. It seems only natural for ...

LEWISVILLE, Texas — A Texas man's rare and beloved pet bird was stuck high up in a tree near Lake Lewisville for three days before he was finally rescued. The 15-year-old Catalina Macaw got spooked ...

Luna really, really did not want to go to the vet. Just as she was about to be handed over to a veterinary technician outside Niles Animal Hospital last week, the blue and yellow macaw made her big ...

When firefighter Brian Wilson retired in 1995, he planned to fill his days teaching fire and public safety classes to children. He liked to bring along his three parrots for these public appearances; ...

SALEM — Police are searching for a 7-week-old macaw worth $1,900 that was stolen from Seaworld Pet Center Tuesday night. The baby bird, which had grown to nearly the size of a football, was taken from ...