The ability of parrots to mimic human speech has long fascinated people, but a new study reveals that their gift of gab goes ...

The parakeets commonly kept as pets could offer fresh clues about vocal learning and potential treatments for speech ...

Chinese Blackbirds can mimic electric moped alarms, though their imitations are simplified. A new study shows this mimicry is ...

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In the vast tapestry of nature’s wonders, there exists a bird whose mimicry skills are so impressive that they can deceive ...

The research, published March 19 in the journal Nature, suggests parrots (and specifically parakeets) could be a model for ...

The study relied on electrodes placed in the brains of parrots and songbirds and tracked the behavior of neurons in a region ...

People who don't want to hear the parrot mimic sounds should get budgies since they can't copy words. People can train the birds that mimic human speech not to repeat what they say. Some of the ...

A tiny bird in Australia has been spotted using fake hawk alarm calls to scare threats away from their nests to protect their ...

Published online March 19 in the journal Nature, the study mapped the activity of a group of nerve cells in the bird's brain called the central nucleus of the anterior arcopallium (AAC), which is ...

People who don't want to hear the parrot mimic sounds should get budgies since they can't copy words. People can train the birds that mimic human speech not to repeat what they say. Some of the ...