These aren’t the droids you’re looking for, but a near-sighted Jedi could easily mistake one of these talented birds for R2-D2. Bluey, the parakeet above, has made headlines this week for his perfect ...

Making new friends has its challenges, even for birds. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati found that monk parakeets ...

Monk parakeets have been flapping around Houston for around 50 years. Having logged just 20 years in the city myself, I feel some reticence calling them an invasive species. Yet, technically, the monk ...

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The monk parakeets that have invaded Europe and North America over the last 40-50 years fortifying their massive communal nests atop utility poles in many urban areas appear to have originated from ...

For reasons scientists still don’t totally understand, these beautiful and mystical birds went extinct on February 21, 1918. Naturalis Biodiversity Center via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 ...

City wildlife team gears up with exciting plans to identify trees for creating habitats and ensuring that the joy of watching parakeets fly will be preserved for coming generations A census of ...

From friendly talking parrot breeds to intelligent parrots that speak, each bird has its own unique personality, vocal talent and charm. While there are more than 400 species of parrots on Earth, ...

Paco the parakeet has been found, and now the alleged bird-napper is speaking out to insist he did not mean to take the bird and his intentions were never bad. In an interview with Global News, the ...

The United States was a more colorful place when flocks of Carolina parakeets flew across the sky like daytime fireworks, flashing pops of orange, yellow, and green. The country’s only native parrot ...