Bruce the kea is missing his upper beak, giving the olive green parrot a look of perpetual surprise. But scientists are the astonished ones. The typical kea (Nestor notabilis) sports a long, sharp ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the amazing world of birds, Parrot species are the ones constantly leveling up their game. Not only do they pick up a slew of ...

Some birds are feathered tufts of color so resplendent that they stand out brilliantly from their surroundings. "You have to ask why birds would do this," says Joe Corbo, a biologist at Washington ...

A critically endangered New Zealand parrot is receiving much needed help. The flightless Kākāpō, though once widespread in the region, has seen devastating population losses. The usual culprits are at ...

A rare ‘smelly’ parrot the size of a cat could finally be saved from extinction - New Zealand conservationists have been ...

The parrots are a fount of foul language. Their habit of spouting curse words at a torrid rate has, by turns, mortified and amused the people who work with them at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in ...

Rhode Island lawmakers are considering H7334, a bill sponsored by Rep. Megan Cotter, an Exeter Democrat, that would prohibit pet stores from selling parrots sourced from breeders and animal brokers.

Do you know your pets so well you could create a comic from their point of view? Sarah does. The 25-year-old from Texas has two birds: a sweet but birdbrained cockatiel, Chicken, and a tiny but bossy ...

“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 ...