Matty 'J' Johnson left very little to the imagination on Saturday as he stripped down to a pair of tiny budgie smugglers during a poolside vacation with his wife Laura Byrne.

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

Parrots have always been known for their knack for mimicry, but new research suggests they may have more in common with ...

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

PORT CLINTON, Ohio — The llamas, giraffes, budgies and bison at Port Clinton's African Safari Wildlife Park have nabbed a ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...