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 ...

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 ...

There have been many studies on the capability of non-human animals to mimic transitive actions—actions that have a purpose. Hardly any studies have shown that animals are also capable of intransitive ...

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 ...

Q–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? Can you tell me a little about them? –Orlando ...