Published online March 19 in the journal Nature, the study mapped the activity of a group of nerve cells in the bird's brain called the central nucleus of the anterior arcopallium (AAC), which is ...

The study relied on electrodes placed in the brains of parrots and songbirds and tracked the behavior of neurons in a region ...

A new study explains how a parakeet's brain helps it to mimic human words.By recording for the first time the brain activity of parakeets as they made ...

The research, published March 19 in the journal Nature, suggests parrots (and specifically parakeets) could be a model for ...

Brain activity in vocalizing budgerigar parrots showed a pattern that harkened to those found in the brains of people.

Wyndham National seniors meeting On the first Wednesday of every month at 1.30pm, the metro west branch of national seniors ...

Training a budgerigar isn’t difficult – it just requires patience and a calm manner. At first, only one person should train your budgie. This person should be alone with the budgie to avoid stressing ...

Almost 30 of the critically endangered birds have been released from captivity, buoying expectations for a record-breaking ...

New research reveals that larger animals like elephants and giraffes have higher cancer rates compared to smaller species.

Despite decades of research, scientists were still trying to figure out why rates of malignant cancer do not appear to increase with an animal species' size – a paradox first proposed in 1977 by ...

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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry issues permits and manages quarantine requirements for the import of domestic animals. Find out more about Bringing cats and dogs (and other pets) ...