Some peculiar parrots in Australia might be using pungent plants to get high. These bizarre birds, named Norfolk Island green parrots, were spotted rubbing chewed-up plants to their feathers, ...

Lincolnshire Wildlife Centre is implementing a new strategy to curb the cursing of its most foul-mouthed fowl Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023 ...

The parrots are a fount of foul language. Their habit of spouting curse words at a torrid rate has, by turns, mortified and amused the people who work with them at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in ...

These birds need to wash their mouths out with soap. A wildlife park in the UK conspired a new plan to stop their potty-mouthed parrots from cursing, telling zoo visitors to “f—k off.” Lincolnshire ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Parrots, renowned for their impressive intelligence and charming ...

Some birds are feathered tufts of color so resplendent that they stand out brilliantly from their surroundings. "You have to ask why birds would do this," says Joe Corbo, a biologist at Washington ...

In 2022, researchers led a study to teach 15 pet parrots, with the help of their caretakers, to video-call each other in an effort to enrich their lives and improve their socialization. Professor ...

New York City parrot shop owner Queron Romain gets over a dozen requests per month to re-home birds whose elderly owners have become sick. Other times, the birds outlive their owners altogether.

When it comes to speech, parrots have the gift of gab. And the way the brains of small parrots known as budgerigars bestow this gift is remarkably similar to human speech, researchers report March 19 ...