Ancient Egyptians mummified cats, dogs, ibises and other animals, but closer to home in the South American Atacama desert, parrot mummies reveal that between 1100 and 1450 CE, trade from other areas brought parrots and macaws ...
Archaeology
Mar 29, 2021
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Habitat destruction by logging and agriculture is pushing parrot species towards extinction, while current protected areas are failing to mitigate these effects, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2021
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New research has shown just how picky the iconic superb parrot is about the types of tree hollows they nest in, with the discovery potentially key to protecting the threatened species.
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2020
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New research shows one of the world's rarest birds, the orange-bellied parrot, remains at severe risk of extinction despite decades of intensive conservation work in their Tasmanian breeding range.
Ecology
Aug 17, 2020
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Australia's most elusive bird, the Night Parrot, may not be much better at seeing in the dark than other parrots active during the day.
Plants & Animals
Jun 9, 2020
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People readily help each other. We donate blood and food or help old people across the street. Among non-human animals this propensity to help is very rare.
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2020
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Parrots are considered extraordinarily clever animals. Alex, the famous Harvard-based African grey parrot, communicated with a vocabulary of more than 500 human words, could answer questions and classify objects spontaneously. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 9, 2020
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Acting selflessly to help others in need was long thought to be a trait confined to mammals, in particular humans and some great ape species like bonobos and orangutans.
Plants & Animals
Jan 9, 2020
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In a neighborhood on the outskirts of Miami, a red-bellied woodpecker made two individual nests in two neighboring dead palm trees. It picked one. A red-masked parakeet moved into the other. Over the summer, they shared alarm ...
Ecology
Oct 29, 2019
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Australasian palaeontologists have discovered the world's largest parrot, standing up to 1m tall with a massive beak able to crack most food sources.
Archaeology
Aug 6, 2019
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