There aren't many pets that can literally talk back to you—well, at least not in a language you'd understand. However, parrots are a clear exception. These intelligent talking birds are among some of ...

Parrots are so adept at mimicking people that the avian moniker has become synonymous with repetition. Yet for as long as we’ve known about the birds’ incredible ability for impressions, how they ...

African gray parrots are highly intelligent birds that can learn to closely mimic human voices. Tambako the Jaguar via Flickr under CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED A few years ago, a zoo in Britain went viral for ...

Most of us are aware that parrots can mimic human language, which is impressive in itself, but did you ever consider that they might be able to understand what it is they're saying? Parrots rely on ...

U researchers connected starling bird's ability to replicate cowbird calls to the vocal learning strategies that humans use to speak.