The Spix’s Macaw, better known as Blu to Rio fans, has been wiped out. According to CBS News, a new study by BirdLife International has found that the parrot species, which inspired the main ...

The Spix’s macaw achieved onscreen fame in 20th Century Fox’s “Rio” as a charming parrot named Blu who travels thousands of miles in an attempt to save his species. But a study released ...

A rare blue parrot that was among the last wild-born members of its species and was believed to have inspired the movie Rio has died outside São Paulo, Brazil. The bird was a Spix's macaw named ...

In the animated film "Rio," a Spix's Macaw named Blu flies all ... a global partnership of conservation organizations that strive to conserve bird species around the world, reveals that in recent ...

One of the little blue parrots inspired the 2011 hit animated kids' movie Rio. Now they're on a list of eight bird species that scientists say have disappeared in the past decade. The list ...