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 ...

When it comes to speech, parrots have the gift of gab. And the way the brains of small parrots known as budgerigars bestow this gift is remarkably similar to human speech, researchers report March 19 ...

He put the bird headfirst into a black tube that sat on a tiny scale. He called out the weight (35.9 grams, or 1.2 ounces) to volunteer Peggy Sagan, who was writing information down on a chart. Junda ...

So you’ve decided that owning a bird is going to be the next step of your pet journey. You went to that mom-and-pop pet store and gazed upon the wide variety of birds. Among the canaries and finches ...

The world’s rarest parrot is suddenly back in the spotlight for the best possible reason: after a four year lull, New Zealand ...

ELIZABETH • There is a place where the macaws head bob in unison to random songs, the African grey parrots sound like bells and an umbrella cockatoo named Lady Anna happily wears a cowgirl hat. Pull ...