A New York bird behaviour specialist reveals why parrots are complex pets and what responsible ownership truly requires.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colorful plumage isn’t all this New York bird has to offer. His language is also pretty colorful and definitely not suitable for ...

A team of scientists developed a methodology to map out molecular processes and used that to identify the mysterious yellow pigment gene that parrots use to create their iconic green plumage Many ...

“You have to ask why birds would do this,” says Joe Corbo, a biologist at Washington University in St. Louis. “And one of the leading hypotheses is that the male has elaborate ornaments or colors that ...

Beautiful, elegant, and intelligent, parrots have long been coveted and caged by humans. With over 340 species living in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceana tropic zones, our world should be ...

Made on a shoestring budget and featuring a once-homeless man who talks to birds, Judy Irving’s ever-surprising documentary “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill” turns out to be that rarity: a movie ...

When firefighter Brian Wilson retired in 1995, he planned to fill his days teaching fire and public safety classes to children. He liked to bring along his three parrots for these public appearances; ...

The occasional flash of green is normal in the skies of Burbank, where colorful parrots have made their home. But for the past few mornings, those flashes have turned into a swarm with more than a ...