Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 2—Austin Middle School sixth-grader Nathan Roman needed a miracle after his blue female parakeet Azul flew away and ...

When you picture a parrot, you probably don’t picture Denver, but up until about a century ago, the United States was home to its very own species of parrot: the Carolina parakeet. What happened to ...

The once-abundant wild parrots vanished mysteriously in the early 20th century. Now scientists are closer to solving their disappearance. The last captive Carolina parakeet in the United States, a ...

Monk parakeets have been flapping around Houston for around 50 years. Having logged just 20 years in the city myself, I feel some reticence calling them an invasive species. Yet, technically, the monk ...

A move to shoot ring-necked parakeets to cut their numbers has been branded 'racist' by wildlife experts. Natural England yesterday announced that from January it will relax rules protecting the ...

In case you missed it, Jan. 5 was National Bird Day. It brought to mind one of the Lowcountry’s most beautiful lost treasures: the Carolina parakeet. The only parrot native to the continental United ...

Native birds stay away from food sources when the colourful invasive species is present, reports Conservation Magazine With their cheery green feathers and red beaks, rose-ringed parakeets might seem ...

Orange-chinned parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis exsul (synonyms, Psittacus caudacutus, Psittacus flavigula, Psittacus toui, Caica chrysopogon, Conurus tovi; protonym, Psittacus jugularis), Statius ...