When it comes to copying R2-D2, the best bet seems to be small birds with small brains .

European starlings just beat parrots at their own game – copying complex sounds. In a new study by researchers in Amsterdam ...

If you've never gotten the chance to interact with a bird, you're severely missing out. Birds are easily some of the funniest animals on the planet - especially the ones who can legitimately talk back ...

In the early 1990s, a researcher at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology began work on what would become Paro. More than 30 years after its development, the ...

When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, ...