All remaining Spix's Macaws reintroduced in the Brazilian Caatinga have tested positive for a lethal circovirus, threatening the species' fragile return to the wild and raising urgent biosecurity ...

The story of wildlife conservation is often told in losses—forests fading, species dwindling, habitats shrinking. And yet, every so often, nature surprises us with a comeback so spectacular that it ...

Until recent efforts to rewild the endangered species, the Spix's macaw had not been seen in its natural habitat for 25 years. Its conservation has sparked tensions between private breeders and the ...

The conservation of the Spix's macaw has been the subject of a fierce battle between private breeders and the government. The Spix's macaw was last seen in the wild 25 years ago. In 2020, a group of ...

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – Brazilian police said Wednesday they were probing the outbreak of a lethal virus among some of the last Spix's macaws, one of the world's rarest birds -- made famous as ...

Brazil’s Federal Police launched the Blue Hope operation on Wednesday (3) to investigate the outbreak of circovirus affecting Spix’s macaws in Curaçá, in the northeastern state of Bahia. The infection ...

The fate of the Spix's macaw -- featured in the 2011 animated film "Rio" -- has been the subject of a fierce battle between private breeders and the government ...