A recent study reveals what many of us who live with companion parrots have long suspected: at least some parrots don’t ...

Parrots are famously chatty birds. They converse with each other, with other birds and even with their human companions. Research has additionally found that at least some parrots can understand the ...

New research shows many parrots can learn and use names to address specific individuals, much like humans, often to seek attention or maintain social bonds. The findings, based on surveys of nearly ...

A large-scale PLOS ONE study has found that many companion parrots use specific, human-taught names for people and animals in their lives, often in contextually appropriate ways. The findings, ...

To communicate without words, humans use a host of gestures—whether a wave to wish someone goodbye, a thumbs-up to indicate approval or “flipping the bird” to suggest something far less polite. While ...