Licensed wildlife rescue volunteer and south coast refuge operator Belinda Donovan said the government had urged volunteers to take extra precautions with the rescue and removal of the birds.

In Hong Kong, people started keeping birds because they were easy pets to have in small flats, and unlike dogs and cats, were allowed to be kept in public housing estates. Old men would take their ...

Without this assistance, pollination would not take place and the reproduction of plant life would not be possible. We all know the importance of bees in pollination, but do birds help pollinate ...

Have you ever noticed how much more abundant birds are in the summer than in the winter? Starting in the spring, many birds arrive back at their breeding grounds in North America to enjoy the warm ...

Millions of years ago, apex predators in the Phorusrhacidae family lived up to their more common name—terror birds. The mostly flightless, meat-eating dinosaur ...

Unlike other birds, which get pigments from their diets, parrots produce their own—but scientists never fully understood the underlying mechanisms, until now Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent The ...

One enzyme has a key role in determining whether parrots’ rainbow plumage emerges in vibrant reds, yellows or greens, a new study shows. But how psittacofulvin pigments shift shades was unclear.

Parrots’ plumage dazzles with feathers in fiery reds, ostentatious oranges, luminous yellows, and verdant greens. Scientists have now discovered the molecular mechanism that controls these four ...

Take this parrot, raised in a house with dogs, who is actually capable of playing with his canine siblings, and whose doggie brothers are more than happy to play, too. Pickles the parrot has been ...

LONDON — Two sister parrots ruffled a few feathers when they flew the coop and escaped from their home at the London Zoo, sparking a week-long search that mobilized bird enthusiasts across England.