With plumage of intense and other-worldly colors, deployable regal crests, and behavior that ranges from coy to maniacal, parrots have little trouble attracting our attention. But what traits fare ...
Parrots have the intelligence of a human toddler. These inquisitive birds need mental stimulation, as without it, they become ...
Why can some birds mimic sounds with enough complexity to imitate human speech, while other birds simply chirp? A new study in the journal PLOS ONE finds that parrots’ ability to learn and imitate new ...
Europe is unusual because it isn’t home to any native parrot species. But despite this, there is a rather large and diverse crowd of parrot species that have established naturalised populations after ...
The behavior is so consistent across species and in the wild that some scientists think it must be intentional. By Cara Giaimo Polly wants a cracker. Polly gets chopped vegetables, because parrots ...
Dear Steve: I was delighted by and enthralled by the movie Paulie, and so was my 13-year-old son. I understand Paulie is a conure. Do conures make good pets? _ T.C., Orlando Dear T.C.: Conures can ...
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