The ability to learn by watching others interact had previously only been documented in humans, making macaws just the second species to demonstrate this ability (humans being the first). A captive ...

Not only does this boy talk about pretzels like a human, but he adds his own flair through physical comedy you have to see to ...

Human speech arises courtesy of some significant neural horsepower. Different areas of the brain are involved in determining the meaning that’s desired, finding the words to express it, and then ...

The ability of parrots to mimic human speech has long fascinated people, but a new study reveals that their gift of gab goes ...

FRISKNEY, England – A wildlife park in England says it had to remove five parrots from public display because they started swearing at guests. The BBC reports that Lincolnshire Wildlife Park adopted ...

Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

Five parrots have been removed from public view at a British wildlife park after they started swearing at customers. The foul-mouthed birds were split up after they launched a number of different ...