Who would have thought the budgerigar, Australia’s most petite parrot and a denizen of our arid and semi-arid inland, would become the most popular pet bird in the world? The budgerigar’s world ...

When it comes to affairs of the heart, there are a variety of factors at play: mutual attraction, shared interests, an intangible spark that eventually leads to love. But in Darwinian terms, the ...

Budgerigars, as members of the parrot family, have long been known to be able to mimic human speech. But now researchers have found that their brains are also able to pick out abstract patterns in ...

Budgerigars are some of the chattiest birds, and that is reflected in their brains. Budgie brains contain a map of vocal sounds, which is similar to that found in the human brain and has not been seen ...

A flighty new experience is opening at The Bronx Zoo! Starting this Memorial Day Weekend, you’ll have the chance to visit Budgie Landing, a new immersive experience that lets you commune with 1,000 ...

Birds are some of the best dancers. Birds were all Broadway dancers in a past life, I swear: they have moves for days. Even the smallest of birds have some of the best senses of rhythm in the whole ...