You may be familiar with the large, talking green bird known as a parrot. There's another parrot type called parrotlet, which is much smaller than the birds you’re familiar with. Parrotlets can also ...

Scientists at Stanford University have trained a Parrotlet called Obi to wear some pretty rad goggles and fly through laser sheets in an effort to test models that predict the lift generated by flying ...

Equipped with a tiny pair of goggles, Obi the parrotlet is braving haze and lasers to help researchers learn what happens when a bird flaps its wings. Researchers have long known how planes fly and ...

Pacific parrotlets are highly popular among bird owners. While they have a strong voice, they can't scream or talk as well as other bigger parrot species. Thanks to their quiet nature and smaller size ...

A newly published UC Berkeley-led study compiles nearly 30 years of research and observations of the green-rumped parrotlet, a small South American parrot, and their behavioral patterns of infanticide ...

A parrotlet is outfitted with custom 3D-printed safety goggles made by Stanford engineers so the bird could fly through a laser grid. Who among us can truly say we have not been waiting our whole ...