Kākāpō ( Strigops habroptilus) are large, flightless, nocturnal parrots with mottled green and yellow plumage that only breed ...

For every bird that becomes a pampered internet star, countless others are snatched from the wild to feed the illegal global ...

Correction: A previous version of this article described the kākāpō as almost blind. It has nocturnal vision. Originally ...

Twelve years after Australia’s 'extinct' night parrot was rediscovered, a worrying new investigation has revealed swathes of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Parrots are among the most vibrant and loquacious birds in ...

Unfortunately, as the world changes, some animals just can’t evolve quickly enough to make it, and they go extinct. This has ...

In 2025, the world marked another sad milestone in the ongoing loss of biodiversity: multiple species long missing from their ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...