The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...

An estimated 12% of all Caribbean birds have gone extinct since the arrival of humans on the islands, among them a giant owl that stood nearly four feet tall, more than a dozen parrots ...

The illegal parrot trade is rampant in Latin America and the Caribbean, where laws against it can be lax or difficult to enforce. “In the United States, if you go buy a parrot, the odds of it ...