Cherry Blossom season is for the birds in Brooklyn. At Greenwood Cemetery the yearly blossoming of the vibrant pink trees is ...

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

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

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

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

Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.

These birds have neurons that are activated when they produce specific vocalizations, similar to how neurons are activated in humans, though in a different region ...

Parakeet brains and their ability to mimic human talking could help people suffering from speech disorders, according to a new study.For the first time, scientists at New York University's Grossman ...