"I'll admit that a couple ... pairs of parrots, protecting them from the storm. Afterwards, they went outside to survey the damage. "We were speechless," he said. "It went from being green and ...

Meet the kakapo—a chunky, moss-green parrot that looks like it waddled out of a fantasy novel and forgot how to fly. This New Zealand native carries one of the bird world's most tragic and oddly ...