When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, car alarms, and even ringtone melodies. But what happens when you challenge ...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, R2-D2 beeped and booped—and now birds that copy the Star Wars character are giving ...

From friendly talking parrot breeds to intelligent parrots that speak, each bird has its own unique personality, vocal talent ...

Strawberry is a 41-year-old Scarlet Macaw rescued by the president of the Bird Lovers Club in Broward County, Florida. Every morning, Daria Feinstein checks the bird feeders in her backyard in Coral ...

For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce ...

Cockatoo: While it has been reported to be difficult to train Cockatoos to talk, these birds merely have a softer, sweeter speaking voice than other parrots. Monk parakeet: Their most characteristic ...

Birds understand many sounds around them, from mates to alarms, and this hidden skill may hint at how human language first ...

This week's Question comes from John Carty in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He asks: Some species of parrots are able to very precisely imitate a wide variety of the sounds they hear around them, from ...

European starlings just beat parrots at their own game – copying complex sounds. In a new study by researchers in Amsterdam ...

"If you say 'peanut' enough times and you hand them a peanut, just like with a kid, they're going to learn that word label," ...