This indicates the enormous cultural importance of macaws and parrots to these Indigenous peoples and could easily explain why there is evidence that, for example, non-native scarlet macaw bones ...

Scarlet macaws are a symbol of fidelity and virtue to many people because they are thought to mate for life — but it turns out that they also “play favorites” when feeding their young ...

The scarlet macaw is one of the largest parrots in the world. The largest ones measure up to 32 inches long and weigh around 2.2 pounds.

Peer-Reviewed Publication Max-Planck-Gesellschaft image: The scarlet macaw has the longest average lifespan of any parrot, living around 30 years. view more Credit: Marlow Birdpark / Simon Bruslund ...

Scarlet macaw remains at the site are dominated by juvenile birds that didn’t reach reproductive age. Owners and breeders today find that macaws won’t reproduce unless fed a carefully balanced ...

Jones shares parrot facts such as their need for a varied diet including lots of soft, chopped vegetables and fruits. A frequent school visitor is Buddy, Jones’ 16-year-old scarlet macaw.

Scarlet macaws raised in a wildlife rescue center are released from the top of a hill over-looking the Guatemalan jungle. The hope is that they’ll find food straightaway, and join up with ...

The scarlet macaw, an endangered parrot species, got a boost from a program to monitor nests in Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve that saw 20 macaw fledglings this year.

Bruce Barcott uses these last few native glories as the basis for "The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird," (Random House, $26, 336 pages ...