Oh! A Creature Feature! It's been a while, hasn't it? Let's look at the weirdest parrot you've eeeeveer seen: This lo...

Today was the 2013 Wild Fest! I had no idea how to get there or how big it would be. It turned out to be relatively easy to find and a smal...

As Black Friday edges ever closer, be on the lookout for "robo-pets." These are cute, often remote-controlled amusements that wil...

Aww, parrots! Pirate references aside, there are few things that have the charm of a rainbow-colored, bright-eyed hookbill. There is very li...

For the last two weeks or so, I've been reading The Lizard King . Long story short, it's a book on the dark side of the exotic pet i...

Now, here's a good question: Why, of all the creatures in the world, has the ever-popular budgerigar escaped this blog? Sure, they aren...

Happy Love Day! C'mon, don't kid yourselves; nobody cares about St. Valentine. We care about exchanging cutesy cards, chocolate, and...

, souSome pigments are harder to come by in nature than others. Nearly every type of vertebrate can make black; mammals have a very general ...

Quick. Which bird is male and which is female? If you guessed the green one for the female...you're wrong. In Eclectus Parrots ( Eclectu...

While searching for elephant bird information, I came across some comments along the lines of this: "The natives kept the population up...