The parrots’ swings lie in the middle, the team found. Like gibbons, spider monkeys and humans with their arms, the birds are able to hang their entire weight on the beak-acting-as-a-limb.

Lonely pet parrots find friendship through video chats, a new study finds Parrots are known to be chatty, social animals. But when they're kept as pets, they can get lonely.

If another outbreak occurs, vulnerable parrots could be isolated and treated ahead of time, Guhlin says. As of October 2023, all parrots in the sanctuary were doing well, although the first four ...

The bird, a nonnative species whose population ballooned in the 1970s and 80s, became emblematic of Temple City, Calif. By Livia Albeck-Ripka Reporting from Los Angeles. For decades, the residents ...