A crew of heartless migrants are charged with smuggling exotic birds into Puerto Rico — and throwing more than 100 overboard as the US Coast Guard closed in on them, federal prosecutors said this week ...

Birds make up the largest group of captive wild animals in the United States, according to Animal Law Source. Birds have fewer protections than other animals, but if you're buying, selling or breeding ...

One cage contained undeclared parakeets and parrots. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection) A San Diego man who allegedly tried to smuggle 17 exotic birds across the U.S.-Mexico border ...

Smugglers who allegedly stuffed 125 exotic birds into drain pipes have been arrested in Indonesia, officials said Thursday, as part of a bid to clamp down on a lucrative illegal trade in wildlife.

One of the exotic birds that was stolen from a California zoo on Sunday morning has been returned, while the other remains missing. A Nicobar pigeon, known as "Old Man Nicobar" by zookeepers, was ...