Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A vivid red-crowned Amazon parrot (Amazona viridigenalis) perched on a leafy branch, surrounded by lush green tropical vegetation.

They stalk ditches, circle neighborhoods and perch on power lines.

Amy Lardner first heard the strangled squawking sound while walking near the Lincoln Park Zoo more than a decade ago. It was the call of the black-crowned night heron, a wetland bird found throughout ...

A Texas A&M-led research team has discovered that a population of endangered red-crowned parrots is thriving in urban areas of South Texas. The parrots are a unique case, considering that many animal ...

There are lots of sparrows. Excepting birders, they get little play or press. I was mildly self-disgusted to scroll back through the roster of nearly 400 Dispatch columns I’ve written to date and see ...

The bird, a nonnative species whose population ballooned in the 1970s and 80s, became emblematic of Temple City, Calif. By Livia Albeck-Ripka Reporting from Los Angeles. For decades, the residents of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Black-crowned night herons remain a regular presence along New York City's waterways, but an Instagram post ...

Red-crowned Amazons have formed thriving wild populations in Los Angeles, with 3,000 to 5,000 birds counted. The parrots’ presence in California may help prevent extinction, as their native ...