The Louisville Zoo is renovating its macaw habitat in a move that should improve animal welfare as well as the experience for visitors.

Threats that had devastated the Spix’s macaws still loom and now the species’ original territory overlaps what has recently been officially designated Brazil’s first arid climate region.

Last year we opened a macaw habitat that allowed people to come eye to eye with those beautiful, colorful birds,” she said. “In that continuation, we are welcoming koalas for the first time.

The staff of the Hyacinth Macaw Project lack people and resources to adequately monitor macaw nests. More money is also needed to properly preserve macaw habitat. Despite the difficulties, Neiva ...

A 21-day-old Spix's macaw chick is carried in a basket into its incubator at a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Monday, March 11, 2024.

The agency also proposes listing two subspecies of scarlet macaw (Ara macao) as endangered. These populations are threatened not only by habitat loss, but also by the illegal pet trade.

A 21-day-old Spix's macaw chick is carried in a basket into its incubator at a breeding facility project in its native habitat in a rural area of Curaca, Bahia state, Brazil, Monday, March 11, 2024.

Unlike depictions in the animated films “Rio” and “Rio 2,” which brought attention to the Spix’s macaw extinction threat, the parrot’s natural habitat is far from Brazil’s most ...

Unlike depictions in the animated films “Rio” and “Rio 2,” which brought attention to the Spix’s macaw extinction threat, the parrot’s natural habitat is far from Brazil’s most ...

In Brazil’s Northeast, a South African couple is reintroducing the Spix’s macaw to nature through breeding and reintroduction efforts.