Following a grueling 14-day trek, a team of mountaineers and conservationists has photographed the elusive blue-fronted lorikeet in the highlands of eastern Indonesia’s Buru Island. This is only the ...

Parrots may be doing more than just repeating words—they may actually use names. By analyzing hundreds of recordings from pet parrots, researchers found evidence that many birds use specific names to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare parrot that had almost vanished from science has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia, offering new hope for ...

Blue-fronted Lorikeet was found in April on Buru island Parrot was recognised as a lost species in 2024 Expedition captured first sound recordings of lorikeet June 3 (Reuters) - For the past century, ...

When is it time to wean a species off intense conservation? The kākāpō is a test case. A kākāpō named Dusky is one of the parrots being monitored during this year's breeding season in New Zealand. The ...

Human children often copy their friends’ preferences for toys or clothes, while adults are prone to jumping on popular diets or lifestyle trends. Now it turns out that this sort of imitation is not ...

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In a plot twist worthy of Disney’s next animated hit, a disabled parrot in New Zealand fought his way, broken beak and claw, to the top of his group’s social hierarchy. Meet Bruce, a captive kea ...

Bruce the kea—a species of alpine parrot native to New Zealand—lost his upper beak in an accident as a young bird. But that hasn’t stopped him from becoming the dominant male in his kea community ...

While the kea parrot’s beak would normally be considered essential for survival, Bruce has innovated other ways of commanding respect. Bruce the kea parrot lost his upper beak, but his disability hasn ...

Bruce the Kea parrot is missing the upper half of his beak, but he has turned this disability into a weapon to keep subordinates in line There’s an Internet parable in which a boy with one arm becomes ...

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, ...