This blue budgie is a playful parakeet with a typical lifespan of 5–10 years. Macaws and cockatoos can live to be 70–80 years old. averess / Getty Images/iStockphoto My middle schooler decided she ...

This week's adoptable pet is a beautiful ruby macaw named Maxwell. He was rescued 15 years ago by a loving family that is no longer able to care for him. He is now 21 years old and because birds like ...