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Bringing a pet bird into your home can be a rewarding experience. Birds are not just colourful and lively, they are intelligent, affectionate, and, in many cases, capable of forming strong bonds with ...

People have been keeping birds as pets and companions for thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and many other older civilizations kept birds as pets. It seems only natural for ...

When it comes to bird behavior, feather-plucking is a common sign of pet anxiety and should not be confused with preening, ...

An estimated 20 million parrots are kept as household pets in the United States. Parrots are flock animals, though, who can suffer from loneliness when kept alone as a pet. So, researchers at ...

A new study has found that pet parrots that make video calls to other parrots show signs of feeling less isolated Ellie, an 11-year-old Goffin's cockatoo, learns to make a video phone call to a ...

Parrots are highly intelligent, social creatures. In the wild, they spend most of their time interacting with other parrots—preening one another, foraging together and roosting in groups at night.

Researchers trained parrots to call certain birds. Later the parrots chose who they wanted to call. The researchers were delighted when the parrots interacted with each other over the screen.