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Pesquet's parrot, also known as a Dracula parrot, resembles a vulture and has a distinct scream — but its favorite food is ...
Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more ...
Have you ever seen a bird so vibrantly colored that it looks too magical to be real? Some parrots are so dazzlingly bright ...
By Shreya Dasgupta African gray parrots, one of the world’s most trafficked birds, can no longer be captured or traded across ...
Also known as the owl parrot or the owl-faced parrot, kākāpōs are a species of large ... by owl-style front-facing eyes, yellow-green plumage, and short tails, kākāpōs typify bird evolution ...
Also known as the owl parrot or the owl-faced parrot, kākāpōs are a species of large, ground-dwelling parrot ... Twenty-five inches long and characterized by owl-style front-facing eyes, yellow-green ...
Enter the green hen… Yes, you read that right– a hen dyed bright green and sold as a parrot! In the world of social media, the weird and wonderful always seem to find a way to entertain us.
Under the Threatened Species Strategy, the Australian Government has mobilised funds for rodent control, feral cat management and for a trial translocation of Norfolk Island Green Parrots to the ...
Meet the kakapo—a chunky, moss-green parrot that looks like it waddled out of a fantasy novel and forgot how to fly. This New Zealand native carries one of the bird world's most tragic and oddly ...
The study relied on electrodes placed in the brains of parrots and songbirds and tracked the behavior of neurons in a region ...
The research, published March 19 in the journal Nature, suggests parrots (and specifically parakeets) could be a model for ...