The Carolina parakeet, so named for the region where it was discovered, was known for its “disagreeable screams” and great beauty. Paul D. Steward / Science Photo Library Among all the birds and ...

Imagine my excitement when I thought I had taken a photograph of a Carolina parakeet, an extinct bird. In the spirit of full disclosure, it was not a live bird (Hello! Extinct!) but an unlabeled, ...

Researchers have produced the first whole genome of the Carolina parakeet, a recently extinct parrot native to the United States. The bird’s DNA reveals that humans (and probably humans alone) brought ...

Although the Carolina parakeet was at the brink of extinction in the mid-nineteenth century, the remaining, seemingly healthy population vanished suddenly without a trace. Scientists are now trying to ...

The once-abundant wild parrots vanished mysteriously in the early 20th century. Now scientists are closer to solving their disappearance. The last captive Carolina parakeet in the United States, a ...

A genomic analysis reveals that the Carolina parakeet disappeared suddenly and abruptly, without any genetic signatures associated with a dwindling population, and thus this species’ extinction is ...

For reasons scientists still don’t totally understand, these beautiful and mystical birds went extinct on February 21, 1918. Naturalis Biodiversity Center via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 ...

A rare juvenile specimen of the extinct Carolina parakeet is set to go under the hammer. The bird will be auctioned by Tennants Auctioneers on April 22, as part of its Natural History and Taxidermy ...

When he quietly passed away at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden 100 years ago this month, Incas was the last of his kind. He'd lost his mate, Lady Jane, a year earlier. No chicks survived them.

The Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) - or Carolina conure - was a small, green Neotropical parrot that inhabited large parts of the USA, from New York down to the Gulf of Mexico, and as far ...