Somewhere in the sun-scorched grasslands of Venezuela, a green-rumped parrotlet lands at the entrance of a wooden nest box and lets out a short, sharp call. Inside, a clutch of chicks answers, each ...

Like many animals, parrots make sounds that suggest they are talking with each other, maybe even calling out to a specific ...

The parrots of San Francisco have ancestors from two species that hail from two completely separate parts of South America. Amir Aziz / Bay Nature This San Francisco story begins somewhere along the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Parrots are among the most vibrant and loquacious birds in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. The thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) is a ...

Scientists call this ability "entrainment," which simply means syncing your movement to an external rhythm. Humans do it all ...

New York City parrot shop owner Queron Romain gets over a dozen requests per month to re-home birds whose elderly owners have become sick. Other times, the birds outlive their owners altogether.