Monk parakeet: Their most characteristic sound is a chatter of short notes that they give while perched or at their nest. Monk Parakeets kept in captivity can learn to mimic human speech. Raven: They ...

So many of Aleksandar Hemon's reasons he'll never leave Chicago are familiar to me, as they'll be to even those who are fairly new in town. But one in particular resonated with me, since it was one of ...

"Surrey is a prime parakeet county," says Oliver Fry from the Surrey Wildlife Trust. Standing in Meadowbank Park in Dorking, he tells Secret Surrey the bright green birds like tall trees, munching on ...

The United States was a more colorful place when flocks of Carolina parakeets flew across the sky like daytime fireworks, flashing pops of orange, yellow, and green. The country’s only native parrot ...

The once-abundant wild parrots vanished mysteriously in the early 20th century. Now scientists are closer to solving their disappearance. The last captive Carolina parakeet in the United States, a ...

The monk parakeets that have invaded Europe and North America over the last 40-50 years fortifying their massive communal nests atop utility poles in many urban areas appear to have originated from ...