"Swearing is an easily available way to help yourself feel focused, confident and less distracted, and 'go for it' a little ...

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.

It’s not hard to garner support for cuddly koalas, colourful parrots and big-eyed frogs, but what about animals – such as ...

The unfamiliar monk parakeets got to know each other slowly before moving on to behaviors like preening, pictured here. Claire O'Connell Monk parakeets are highly social birds. These bright green ...

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A man was indicted on a federal smuggling charge for allegedly attempting to cross the US border with heavily sedated, endangered parakeets in his underwear, according to authorities. Jesse Agus ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A Tijuana man is facing federal charges after border officials say he attempted to smuggle two protected orange-fronted parakeets into the United States—hidden in his ...

The man was found with the heavily sedated birds in his underwear as he crossed the border from Mexico in late October, federal prosecutors said. By Aimee Ortiz When Jesse Agus Martinez crossed the ...

The clip shows a scarlet macaw parrot watching a woman cut into a cake that looks a lot like the red bird parrot_mimzo/TikTok A video of a scarlet macaw reacting to a woman cutting a parrot cake has ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has yet to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva more than two weeks after her special election victory in Arizona's 7th Congressional District. Grijalva’s swearing-in has ...

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Turns out, this bird you can change. An escaped parakeet has joined a flock of sparrows and has been living free in the wilds of Central Park for the past month — but the bright green birdie only has ...