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 ...

Picture this: A tiny Pacific parrotlet blazing through the air decked with red-tined pilot goggles, a joint pairing between cuteness and science that ticks off every box of what makes interesting ...