In the wild, parrots squeak, squawk, whistle and trill to communicate with their flockmates. These highly social birds rely on their complex communication systems to get food and warn of potential ...

Anyone who has spent time around a talking parrot has probably wondered the same thing. Is the bird simply repeating sounds it has heard hundreds of times, or does it actually know what those words ...

CHANG: That is Yoko, a cockatoo that recently participated in a research survey looking at the phenomenon of vocal mimicry in parrots - what we often refer to when we say that parrots are, quote, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seeing how parrots are naturally curious and social, it makes learning talk one of the most entertaining parts of having a pet ...