A new study is drawing attention to the possible extinction of an animal depicted in the animated film “Rio,” a story about two surviving blue macaws. The recently published study found that Spix’s ...

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. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, The ...

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 ...

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