Jan. 2—Austin Middle School sixth-grader Nathan Roman needed a miracle after his blue female parakeet Azul flew away and disappeared in early December. Ten days before Christmas, he got one. The ...

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DEAR JOAN: I have two parakeets, one male and one female, who have lived together in the same large cage for approximately 7 years. They were a gift from my children. They had been getting along with ...

After watching males succeed at a series of puzzling tasks, female birds traded their simple-minded beaus for more cognitively competent partners. ByKatherine J. Wu Thursday, January 10, 2019 NOVA ...

A genomic analysis reveals that the Carolina parakeet disappeared suddenly and abruptly, without any genetic signatures associated with a dwindling population, and thus this species’ extinction is ...

One of the most popular pet birds that you could own, the parakeet, is loved around the world. But you might be wondering how long parakeets live. The answer is actually quite surprising, but there ...

Small, emerald-coloured birds called monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) invaded Mexico in the span of a decade because of trade policies thousands of kilometres away in Europe, according to a study ...

Brandy had felt so bad about letting her brother’s bird fly away that she tried to make it up to him. While Azul was still missing, Brandy picked out another bird from the store for her brother. It ...