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

New research reveals that parrots produce speech using brain structures remarkably similar to those in humans.

By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Idaho Department of Agriculture and Bonner County Noxious Weeds joined forces March 13 for a public update on ...

Parakeet brains and their ability to mimic human talking could help people suffering from speech disorders, according to a ...

"Incredibly flexible" spoken language is produced through delicate patterns in the human brain, the researchers say. To determine whether the patterns are unique to humans, the research team performed ...

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

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

A new study explains how a parakeet's brain helps it to mimic human words. By recording for the first time the brain activity ...

Recordings of brain activity in budgerigars reveal sets of brain cells that represent different sounds like keys on a ...

Mongabay has reported on rewilding efforts from Southeast Asia to South America and beyond, with teams restoring habitats and releasing captive-bred species back into the wild ... in the waters of ...