Sky blue, ocean blue, blueberries, my eyes! Despite seeing blue all around us, blue is actually the least common color in ...

Image by Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. The vibrant Spix’s Macaw gained fame through the animated movie “Rio,” but in reality, it’s nearly extinct in the wild. Native to Brazil, this bird’s ...

This bright blue parrot inspired the animated movie Rio, but its real-life story didn't have a happy ending. Native to Brazil, the Spix's Macaw vanished because of illegal pet trade and habitat ...

The movie focuses on Flint, his widowed father Tim, and their pet Steve, who live on an island, Swallow Falls. Rio is an animated ... The story follows a Spix macaw from Brazil, named Blu, and ...

This project builds on the foundation’s previous efforts, including a 2022 release that resulted in the first wild-born Spix’s Macaw chicks in over two decades. The recent transfer involved ...

The Spix’s macaw, famously featured in the Hollywood movie Rio, is at the heart of a global conservation effort that includes private organisations such as Vantara’s GZRRC and ACTP ...

ET Special Declared extinct in the wild in 2000, the Spix’s macaw—famously featured in the Hollywood movie Rio—has long been a symbol of conservation efforts worldwide. While past initiatives saw the ...

The Spix’s macaw, famously featured in the Hollywood movie Rio, is at the heart of a global conservation effort that includes private organisations such as Vantara’s GZRRC and ACTP, alongside the ...

Featured in the movie Rio, the Spix’s nacaws have been at ... The reintroduction of the Spix’s macaw highlights Vantara’s dedication to species conservation and ecosystem restoration.

The Spix’s Macaw has famously featured in the Hollywood movie Rio, and has been at the heart of a global conservation efforts across the globe, involving those working together to rebuild the species' ...

Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) is a Spix's macaw, a beautiful species ... protagonists on account of the fact that Rio itself isn't ...