Wild yellow-naped amazon parrots in Costa Rica produce structured vocal duets that follow rule-governed sequences strikingly similar to the syntax found in human language, according to new research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nico the Amazon parrot has found his happy place, and that place is in the middle of a torrential rainstorm. The more rain the ...

Like humans, parrots have distinct vocal dialects and, like humans, they learn those dialects from their family and friends, so those dialects change when they relocate to a new area. Yellow-naped ...

Learn how wild parrots follow language-like syntax and structured vocal rules during territorial duets.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Talking parrots are always cool to see and hear, but if they decided to get chatty at 3 in the morning, I might feel differently ...

Warble duets seem linked to active territory defense. Physical fights in the wild were always preceded by warble duets. Playback experiments also showed that parrots increased warble duets when ...

With a few minutes of searching, anyone can find videos online of chatty birds: macaws talk to their keepers, cockatoos sing ...

Some pets learn "sit" or "stay." Others go above and beyond, like this amazing Amazon Parrot, who can sing, talk, and even throw in a classic TV theme for good measure. In the hilarious video, the ...

PHOENIX — Arizona border officials thwarted an attempt to smuggle 27 protected birds into the United States, authorities announced Monday. The parrots, all native to the Amazon, were discovered on the ...