Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...

The team believes that humans living in Pachacamac captured several species of Amazonian macaw parrots that were native to ...

The wild parrots of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill had an unlikely champion in Mark Bittner, the busker-turned-caretaker ...

Scientists studied centuries-old bird feathers from an ancient tomb on the coast, and then traced the origins back to the ...

I am not a native of Southern California. Since moving here over a decade ago, I have heard stories of the infamous wild ...

The team suspected that “these birds were wild-caught in the rainforest, transported alive across the Andes, and kept in ...

Captive-bred parrots may develop a different dialect from their wild relatives and this could prevent them from being able to communicate effectively with their wild peers after they’re released ...

Nanday parakeets have stuck to the canyons around Malibu, so it’s not clear how they got there.

Some birds that mimic humans can only say a few words or phrases. For instance, crows in captivity often repeat words like ...

The smallest things can set them off, even if they're things they typically enjoy! Recently, one African Grey Parrot decided that he would throw the tantrum of a lifetime. His mom decided to gently ...