The kea gained fame for learning to use a pebble to groom himself. Scientists were astounded by his next innovation.

While the kea parrot’s beak would normally be considered essential for survival, Bruce has innovated other ways of commanding ...

A study reported in Current Biology shows how physical disabilities in the animal world can be overcome through behavioral ...

Bruce the Kea parrot is missing the upper half of his beak, but he has turned this disability into a weapon to keep ...

Bruce the kea—a species of alpine parrot native to New Zealand—lost his upper beak in an accident as a young bird. But that ...

I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, focusing on photo and video editing, operating systems, and web browsers. Prior to my current role, I covered software and apps for ...

In 2005, archaeologists discovered a 600- to 1,000-year-old tomb filled with painted wooden masks and headdresses decorated with parrot feathers. These elaborate decorations created “false heads” that ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The world’s only flightless parrot species was once thought to be doomed by design. The kakapo is too heavy, too slow and, frankly, too delicious to survive around predators, ...

Parrots are famously chatty birds. They converse with each other, with other birds and even with their human companions. Research has additionally found that at least some parrots can understand the ...