Parrots
latest news & developments
Pretty polly or pests? Dutch in a flap over parakeets
Love ’em or hate ’em, thousands of rose-ringed parakeets, close relatives of parrots, have made their home in the Netherlands
Bird mafia threatens African greys
Raid on smugglers highlights an illicit trade that could drive the birds to extinction.
Parrots tend to be ‘left-handed’, study finds
Parrots, like humans, choose to use one side of their body more than the other, with more of them left-handed — or, more precisely, left footed.