For decades, countless bird lovers have scoured the Yucatán Peninsula on a quest for rare species. Now it appears they all missed one—and a bright and noisy one at that. A parrot with paint-box colors ...

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

When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, ...

ECUADORAN AMAZON — The hoatzin was one of the strangest birds I saw during our trip here last month. Even its name, pronounced wat-sin, sounds peculiar and like something that would arise from the ...

When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They’re famous for copying human speech, ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

Native to South America, Quakers have become popular pets in the United States, thanks to their playful personalities and strong social bonding. In the wild, they construct massive communal nests that ...