RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Some have claimed she’s indulging a forbidden romance. More likely, loneliness compels her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro’s zoo. Either way, a blue-and-yellow macaw that ...

In the film, the bright blue birds save their endangered species Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and wildlife. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Some have claimed she's indulging a forbidden romance. More likely, loneliness compels her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro's zoo. Either way, a blue-and-yellow macaw that ...

The tribulations of an affable Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) named "Blu" are the focus of the "Rio" franchise of movies. Blu in the movie is the last known male of his species, and he must travel ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nearly every morning for the last two decades, Juliet has appeared. She swoops onto the Rio de Janeiro city zoo’s enclosure where other blue-and-yellow macaws are kept and, ...