New York City parrot shop owner Queron Romain gets over a dozen requests per month to re-home birds whose elderly owners have become sick. Other times, the birds outlive their owners altogether.

They're chipper, can live long lives and sometimes repeat words we don't want them to: Parrots are colorful animals that, given the right care and attention, will make any home better. "Birds are not ...

Parrots and tortoises are flooding animal-rescue organizations around the country as many owners fail to make arrangements for their long-lived species. Gene Bordeaux, a staff member at Oasis, a ...

Researchers trained parrots to call certain birds. Later the parrots chose who they wanted to call. The researchers were delighted when the parrots interacted with each other over the screen.

Parrots are highly intelligent, social creatures. In the wild, they spend most of their time interacting with other parrots—preening one another, foraging together and roosting in groups at night.

On March 10, nonprofits, veterinarians, rescue groups, conservationists and pet guardians will recognize International Parrot Crisis Awareness Day. This day highlights the existential crises facing ...

LOS ANGELES - Karen Windsor is familiar with just about every excuse for giving up a parrot. They include divorce, marriage, babies, kids leaving home, kids moving back, "the bird hates me," age and ...

The desire to communicate with pets is a long-held dream among many loving owners. When it comes to our most common companions, we continue to learn how dogs understand our words and what cat noises ...

Macaws, like these seen at Rhode Island Parrot Rescue in West Warwick, can be loud and boisterous, making them a challenging pet. Proposed legislation in the Rhode Island House would clamp down on ...