Australia is home to one-sixth of the world's parrot population. Nearly 60 species of parrot call the country home, thanks to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Parrots are among the most vibrant and loquacious birds in ...

Q. While traveling through southern Florida, we saw a flock of green birds that looked like parrots. What could they have been? Aren’t parrots restricted to the tropics of South America and Africa? A.

They’re beautiful, social and smart. And some even talk. It’s little wonder that pet birds are growing in popularity. According to the American Pet Products Association, bird guardianship has been on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AGoodeLife / 500px / Getty Images Wintertime may seem like a quiet, hibernating period until you start focusing on our feathered ...

A new global study finds that the visual beauty of birds—their colors and shapes—predicts which wild species are traded by people. By analyzing data for over 9000 bird species, researchers discovered ...

Open door, SIlver Award Winner, Comedy Bird Photo category; An Eastern Screech-Owl leans out the ‘window’ of its home in Clearwater, Florida. The Bird Photographer of the Year has announced the ...

The Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan is one of the few animals that spends its entire life at high elevations. USFWS / A. LaValle The Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan is specialized to dwell ...

Wintertime may seem like a quiet, hibernating period until you start focusing on our feathered friends. Surprisingly, there are plenty of birds soaring, skittering, and swooping in the air at this ...