In case you missed it, Jan. 5 was National Bird Day. It brought to mind one of the Lowcountry’s most beautiful lost treasures: the Carolina parakeet. The only parrot native to the continental ...

Once upon a time, New York was home to a brightly colored bird called the Carolina parakeet — the only parrot species native to North America. But by 1918 the Carolina parakeet was extinct ...

Just a century ago, North America’s skies held species now gone forever. From passenger pigeons to Carolina parakeets, these birds vanished within living memory.

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 ...

Concerned about a Santee Cooper transmission line project, Mac Stone offer a look inside Francis Beidler Forest with his ...

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 ...

Farewell: By 1900, Carolina parakeets could be found only deep in the swamps of central Florida. The last known wild specimen was killed in Okeechobee County in 1904.

If we could go back in time and help prevent the extinction of the Carolina Parakeet or the Ivory Billed Woodpecker or the Passenger Pigeon, would we? This question might seem irrelevant given the ...

The Spartanburgers are asking fans to submit names for the parakeet. Fans of all ages are encouraged to submit their creative and unique name suggestions for the Carolina Parakeet.