Ancient Peru’s Parrot Mystery Reveals a Secret Trade Route Across the Andes

Parrots are vibrant, charismatic, and fascinating creatures. They have become popular pets, but they are a huge responsibility. A recent survey showed that bird ownership among Gen Z (people born in ...

Centuries before the Inca, Peru’s wealthy imported parrots from afar

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...
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The search for ‘Coco’ - Richmond Hill’s free flying macaw parrot

RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (WTOC) - A member of our WTOC team was scrolling on social media, when they found something they had never seen before... an apparent free flying Macaw parrot in Richmond Hill. The ...
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A Parrot's Dramatic Reaction to a Woman Cutting a Bird Cake Has 91 Million Views: Is It Real or AI?

The clip shows a scarlet macaw parrot watching a woman cut into a cake that looks a lot like the red bird Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering ...
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There’s Owning a Bird and Then There’s Owning a Parrot. Here’s What You Need to Know.

So you’ve decided that owning a bird is going to be the next step of your pet journey. You went to that mom-and-pop pet store and gazed upon the wide variety of birds. Among the canaries and finches ...