Parakeets form new friendships by slowly testing how close they can safely get to unfamiliar birds. This careful process ...

Parrots are not a pet for the faint of heart, but they are a ton of fun. Parrots come in all sorts of sizes and even colors, and to make them even better, they're some of the sassiest pets money can ...

The bright green parrots start with low-cost social behaviors—like sitting near each other without touching—when first interacting with unfamiliar birds within their species, possibly to avoid ...

Volatile compounds drifting on the breeze. Electrical pulses firing under bark. Scientists are discovering that trees are ...

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If you’re a regular reader of this column, you know that I’m a manic advocate for networking. It’s a deal-changer for success in your current job, making a move to a new job, and even for visibility ...

Quick Take Parakeets test the water before making friends, ramping up their behaviors from being near each other to grooming ...

Avimancy is a new project being led by a birding couple who are linking their ornithologic fascination to their art, ...

A video shows two Canada lynx and their characteristically creepy wail as they communicate, fight, flirt, or possibly sing?

I recently received the following query from a non-spectrum or nonspectrum (NS) wife of a man with autism (previously referred to as Asperger’s Syndrome): Question: I would love to understand why an ...

A Galápagos bird species is stunning behaviorists with their “freewheeling” lifestyles. Described in the journal PLOS One, ...

Imagine my excitement when I thought I had taken a photograph of a Carolina parakeet, an extinct bird. In the spirit of full disclosure, it was not a live bird (Hello! Extinct!) but an unlabeled, ...