Monk parakeet: Their most characteristic sound is a chatter of short notes that they give while perched or at their nest. Monk Parakeets kept in captivity can learn to mimic human speech. Raven: They ...

In case you missed it, Jan. 5 was National Bird Day. It brought to mind one of the Lowcountry’s most beautiful lost treasures: the Carolina parakeet. The only parrot native to the continental United ...

When it comes to copying R2-D2, the best bet seems to be small birds with small brains .

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 ...

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 ...

"Surrey is a prime parakeet county," says Oliver Fry from the Surrey Wildlife Trust. Standing in Meadowbank Park in Dorking, he tells Secret Surrey the bright green birds like tall trees, munching on ...

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Battle Creek bird rescue is housing almost 300 parakeets and preparing them for adoption after they were unexpectedly asked to take in the birds. Shannon Kramer, founder of ...