We've never heard a voice as sweet as this one — Rumi is a star! Sure, he's also an Indian Ring-necked Parakeet and not a renowned opera singer. But you could've had us fooled! In fact, lots of people ...

Precious Budgie 'Singing Himself to Sleep' Will Instantly Make Anyone's Day originally appeared on Parade Pets. Budgies and smaller Parakeet species don't get the love they deserve, if you ask me.

A new study shows that parakeets will test the waters before trying to make friends, a behavior humans can use.

Parakeets form new friendships by slowly testing how close they can safely get to unfamiliar birds. This careful process ...

The bright green parrots start with low-cost social behaviors—like sitting near each other without touching—when first ...

New research shows that parakeets slowly build trust with strangers and manage the risks of forming new social bonds.

Binnowee Landing, a new exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo, is something of a cross between Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" and "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill." It's definitely not the place for ...

One genus of beautiful and fascinating parrots that is well-known for having exceptional communication abilities is the family of Amazon parrots. These are medium-sized parrots with a rather large ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The south side of Kabul is a desolate place--bomb-blasted buildings, mud streets and houses like medieval hovels--but its narrow and decrepit passageways are once again home to an ...