This 1825 painting of Carolina parakeets by ornithologist John J. Audubon was published in his book "Birds of America." Provided In case you missed it, Jan. 5 was National Bird Day.

John James Audubon's 'Carolina Parakeets.' Wikimedia CommonsIt was winter in upstate New York in 1780 in a rural town called Schoharie, home to the deeply religious Palatine Germans. Suddenly, a ...

The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology's new exhibition includes a bird study skin of the now-extinct Carolina Parakeet. The specimen is on loan from Chicago’s Field ...

The Cincinnati Zoo had purchased Incas and 15 other birds in 1885 for $40, in hopes of saving the declining Carolina parakeet population. Incas was mated to a parakeet named Lady Jane and died ...