Learn how wild parrots follow language-like syntax and structured vocal rules during territorial duets. When rival Yellow-naped Amazon parrots confront one another in the treetops of Costa Rica, their ...

Durban, South Africa — In a lush aviary near Durban, South Africa, an African gray parrot hops toward me, babbling a language I can’t understand. “He’s speaking Zulu,” explains breeder William ...

Like many animals, parrots make sounds that suggest they are talking with each other, maybe even calling out to a specific parrot. But do they truly have names in the same way people do? To find out, ...

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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 ...