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.

A group of five swearing parrots continues to spew "naughty" words at a wildlife park in England -- and people apparently can't get enough of the "fowl" language. The Lincolnshire Wildlife Park in ...

Jan. 24 (UPI) --Officials at a British zoo said a group of infamously foul-mouthed parrots that were isolated from the rest of the flock are being moved in with the rest of the chatty birds in the ...

A few days after the Niagara SPCA animal shelter took in a white-fronted Amazon parrot in June, staffers and volunteers got an earful. “Do you want me to kick your [expletive]?” the parrot named ...