The bright green parrots start with low-cost social behaviors—like sitting near each other without touching—when first ...

Who would have thought the budgerigar, Australia’s most petite parrot and a denizen of our arid and semi-arid inland, would become the most popular pet bird in the world? The budgerigar’s world ...

Wild parakeet breeding populations are established in more than 30 countries They're good at adapting to new environments, and there are few natural predators outside native area Love them or hate ...

Many, many years ago, when I was a kid, I used to enjoy visiting my spinster aunt in Cincinnati because she had a pet parakeet or what some people call a "budgie." I've always assumed these parakeets ...

Finding birds all over your car isn’t most people’s idea of fun. After all, with birds comes bird poop, and who wants that all over their vehicle? But maybe it depends on the type of bird that visits ...

Parakeets don’t rush friendship. New research shows they test early interactions to minimize risk and build safe, lasting ...

Walking into a room full of strangers can be terrifying. Whether it is a networking event, a new workplace, or a party where ...

WEST FARGO — Adrian Renton, the secretary for the Center of Avian Adoption, Rescue and Education, spent some of Thursday afternoon, June 17, tending to 21 budgerigar parakeets, or budgies, in a cage, ...

Pakistan's 4 wild parakeet species have suffered precipitous population decline in recent decades, with their current numbers a mere fragment of what they used to be, wildlife expert Anis Rehman tells ...