Spotted a flash of green in the Houston suburbs? It might have been a monk parakeet, an invasive species that has been flying around in Texas for nearly 50 years. Here’s what you should know about our ...

For over 60 years, green-feathered Monk parakeets have darted across the Crescent City, squawking from telephone lines and nesting in power poles. Aside from their unique preference for urban nesting, ...

More than 800 electric customers in Amityville lost power for just under an hour Thursday after a monk parakeet nest perched atop a utility pole made contact with electrical equipment, tripping local ...

Parrots consistently top the charts of the world’s smartest animals. Certain species can outperform 5-year-olds on cognitive tasks, others have the ability to learn more than 500 words, and some of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monk parakeet preens a friend. Researchers used dye markers to identify individuals for their social experiment. “There can be a ...

Black-capped chickadees, dark-eyed juncos and cardinals congregate around a backyard feeder as birdseed falls to the grass like sprinkles. Suddenly, from the sky comes a flash of vivid green and blue, ...

Monk parakeets risk losing their hard-won social standing if they are absent from their flock for just eight days. And the highest-ranking birds lose the most status during their brief absence.

Cherry Blossom season is for the birds in Brooklyn. At Greenwood Cemetery the yearly blossoming of the vibrant pink trees is also a time for an unusual, local sight — a throng of florescent green monk ...

Parrots, renowned for their mimicry, not only have the ability to imitate a variety of sounds but they also possess unique voices of their own, according to a new study A wild monk parakeet ...

In a recent study published in the Viruses Journal, researchers in Spain discovered a novel dependoparvovirus identified by metagenomic analysis of cloacal specimens from 28 healthy monk parakeets ...