When it comes to speech, parrots have the gift of gab. And the way the brains of small parrots known as budgerigars bestow this gift is remarkably similar to human speech, researchers report March ...

They also show a range of behaviors, from complex songs to vocal mimicry to whatever it is that you want to call what parrots do. Thanks to a newly released study, however, we now have evidence ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Parrots are so adept at mimicking people that the avian moniker has become synonymous with repetition. Yet for as long as we’ve ...

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 ...

A native green parrot in the eastern United States? Parrots are supposed to decorate palm trees in the tropics not the cypress of temperate forests. Yet there are 19th-century accounts of North ...

Introduction • Key vocabulary: zoo, monkeys, camels, wolves, snakes, meerkats, parrots, kangaroos • Listen all around: Cat invites the listeners to guess the sounds and the location ...

Stunning video captures a parrot flying alongside two zipliners in Costa Rica. CTV News App Contact Us FAQ Newsletters Team Twitter feed ...

Budgerigars perched in a tree. Credit: Sean Kelleher / CC BY-SA 2.0 Budgerigars, small and colorful parrots, are known for their ability to mimic human speech. Scientists have now discovered that ...

The Night Parrot is a medium‑sized ground dwelling bird associated with mature Spinifex habitat in arid and semi-arid regions. Presumed extinct for a century, a population was rediscovered in 2013, ...