Parrots’ plumage dazzles with feathers in fiery reds, ostentatious oranges, luminous yellows, and verdant greens. Scientists have now discovered the molecular mechanism that controls these four ...

We all know the importance of bees in pollination, but do birds help pollinate plants too? Keep reading to learn more. The role of birds as pollinators is often overlooked in favor of that of bees, ...

Everyone loves colourful parrots, but do you know where their bright colours come from? This question has been puzzling scientists for a long time and now with the new discovery, it seems that this ...

At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central Oregon. While the infection appears limited to one farm so far, the discovery has raised new alarm ...

Unlike other birds, which get pigments from their diets, parrots produce their own—but scientists never fully understood the underlying mechanisms, until now Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent The ...

One enzyme has a key role in determining whether parrots’ rainbow plumage emerges in vibrant reds, yellows or greens, a new study shows. But how psittacofulvin pigments shift shades was unclear.

Although many African gray parrots look almost identical, there are differences between the Congo and timneh parrots. Congo African gray parrots are larger than timneh. Congos can be up to 14 inches ...

Most of the people do not know that there are two types of Grey Parrots. One is Timneh and the other is Congo, the two parrots have slight differences in color. The Timneh is a dark, charcoal grey, ...

(Cynthia Goldsmith, Jackie Katz/CDC via AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. It’s the first time the ...

Take this parrot, raised in a house with dogs, who is actually capable of playing with his canine siblings, and whose doggie brothers are more than happy to play, too. Pickles the parrot has been ...