The clip begins with the tiny bird climbing up into Jen’s hair, which is up in a bun on top of her head. You'll notice her ...

Green-rumped parrotlets can be caretakers–or killers. By Laura Baisas Published May 8, 2024 9:41 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Researchers have discovered that baby parrots babble to themselves, much like human babies do. The parrots aren't just saying the avian equivalent of goo-goo-ga-ga. Instead, they're repeating back the ...

One tiny parrotlet species stops at nothing to pass down its genes, even if that requires it to kill a new mate’s chicks right in the nest 1. Steven Beissinger at the University of California, ...

When it comes to hopping between branches, tiny parrots try only as hard as they need to. The finding comes from high-speed video taken to measure how Pacific parrotlets (Forpus coelestis) shift ...

Budgerigars, also known as parakeets, are small, sociable, and can develop a vocabulary of hundreds of words, making them a popular choice for apartment dwellers due to their manageable size and quiet ...

Source: Barloventomagico, via Flickr. Distributed under a CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. In a new study, researchers report that baby parrots in the wild quietly babble to themselves in their nests. The ...