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This Ancient High-Status Woman Was Buried With a Parrot-Feather Cape and a Beaded Toucan’s Beak in Modern-Day Peru
Around 5,000 years ago, members of an ancient Peruvian Indigenous group buried an elite member of their society: They wrapped ...
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New macaw aviary opens at Zoo Knoxville, offering up-close experiences
A variety of macaw species will call the aviary home, including Scarlet Macaws, Blue-throated Macaw ... in May Macaws play an ...
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Wildlife Trafficking
In northwest Guyana, I saw 25 blue-and-yellow macaws—almost certainly smuggled from Venezuela—being carried from jungle to city in small, crowded cages. When I observed a police bust at a ...