Ancient DNA pulled from colorful feathers inside a sealed Peruvian tomb has revealed that pre-Inca societies ran a sophisticated long-distance trade in live parrots, ferrying tropical birds hundreds ...

A new study shows that parrots and Amazon macaws were traded across the Andes for elite feather ornaments long before the ...

Centuries before the Inca emerged, Amazonian parrots were carried alive across the Andes and raised in captivity on Peru's coast for their vibrant feathers.

Animals on land and sea use sound for different purposes – and alterations in their environment can change the effect it has ...

The hyper-arid coastal desert of Peru is an unlikely place to find the electric-blue and brilliant scarlet feathers of tropical rainforest parrots. Yet, during a 2005 excavation at the religious ...

A chorus of high-pitched squeals cuts through the blanket of mist. We steer our skiff, bobbing up and down on the syrupy brown waters, toward the racket. “It's a troop of squirrel monkeys,” says my ...

Ecuador has announced the creation of a new biological corridor designed to connect the eastern ranges of the Andes with the Amazon Rainforest, part of a larger initiative to strengthen ecological ...

Discover why tiny Amazon insects are so vulnerable to heat and what their decline could mean for forests, wildlife, and people.

Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people ...

But hiding along a stretch of Interstate 90 in Central Washington is a geological marvel that rivals anything you’d find on ...

Author Daryl Smith has announced the release of his novel Jungle Jen: An Amazonian Romantic Adventure, a faith-centered story that combines adventure, romance, and spiritual reflection. Set in the ...

Babawru, a woman in her 40s, along with her mother and sister, believed they would be the last surviving members of the ...