When people think of parrots, what usually comes to mind is their remarkable ability to mimic human speech. Despite having a ...

Human children often copy their friends’ preferences for toys or clothes, while adults are prone to jumping on popular diets ...

“Although we know that wild parrots and some other animals have vocal signatures and can even use them to direct ...

Monk parakeets in big colonies developed voice accents and made a greater variety of sounds, possibly to handle communal ...

When a parrot begins using your words, your laugh or even your cough, it is not randomly selecting noises. It is learning the ...

Scientists say the learning skill allows dietary knowledge to spread rapidly through the community, say scientists.

Larger parrots like Jude can live to be 100 years old, so it’s common for them to outlive their caretakers, said Jodie Owrey, ...

A wild blue-headed macaw (Primolius couloni) prepares to waste a fruit in the Amazonian region in Perú. (Credit: José Tella) If you live with parrots, like me, then you spend a significant amount of ...

The not-so-quiet quintet came from separate owners but had the same vulgar vocabulary.