The African Grey parrot is not just a bird with pretty feathers. It is one of the smartest bird in the whole world. Many scientists call it the “Einstein” of the bird world because of its amazing ...

A female Congo African grey parrot does not like its owner's ailing father – and mocks the man's chronic cough by making mimicking sounds. The rescue parrot's name is Jack, although it's a female – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African Grey parrots have the gift of gab in a way that few other birds, even talking birds, do. You may have heard of Alex the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African Grey Parrots, to me, are the coolest birds in the world. They're so sleek, so beautiful, and so insanely smart it's not ...

Acting selflessly to help others in need was long thought to be a trait confined to mammals, in particular humans and some great ape species like bonobos and orangutans. But a new study has found that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When an African grey parrot says “three,” most assume that ...

While most animals don't learn their vocalizations, everyone knows that parrots do—they are excellent mimics of human speech. But how large is the vocabulary of different parrot species? Do males ...

Five unwanted Congo African grey parrots recently rehomed to a British wildlife park have been regaling visitors with their extensive vocabularies of swear words One of the five Congo African grey ...

Meet a feathered fellow who is lighting up the internet with his verbal abilities and intelligence: Apollo, an African grey parrot. Apollo lives with his humans, Dalton Mason and Victoria Lacey, in St ...

A 2005 study revealed an African grey parrot named Alex understood an empty set. Alex could apply the label 'none' to absent object categories. This parrot had previously learned to identify objects, ...

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Meet a feathered fellow who is lighting up the internet with his verbal abilities and intelligence: Apollo, an African grey parrot. Apollo lives with his humans, Dalton Mason and Victoria Lacey, in St ...