More than 11,000 species of birds have been identified to date. Several are kept as house pets, including cockatiels, cockatoos, and other parrot breeds, such as the budgerigar. While the name may ...

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Human speech arises courtesy of some significant neural horsepower. Different areas of the brain are involved in determining the meaning that’s desired, finding the words to express it, and then ...

On September 24, 2025, in Guizhou, China, @JingYatou'sLiuXiaohu shared a funny video of their Budgerigar interacting with a phone. In the video, the bird is seen watching a show on the mobile device.

Bruce Schuster pampers his budgerigars with shampoo spritzes and a daily superfood medley. "My wife thinks they're better fed than she is," the 77-year-old says. "It's got all the nice vitamins in ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Although, many publications describe diseases in budgerigars, they are not generally available in the laboratory animal literature. The ...

Geoff Capes appeared at three Olympics for Great Britain and still holds the British record for the shot-put. Capes was two-time winner of the World's Strongest Man competition. The 197cm, 170kg ...

LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Geoff Capes, British strongman, shot put record holder and renowned budgerigar breeder, has died aged 75, his family said on Wednesday. Capes left an indelible mark on ...

A team of scientists developed a methodology to map out molecular processes and used that to identify the mysterious yellow pigment gene that parrots use to create their iconic green plumage Many ...

Poke about in many a memory, and bingo, there’s often a budgie. In Mark Carter’s case it’s Bluey, an ’80s childhood pet last sighted in a gnarled old pear tree on the banks of the Annick Water in ...

THERE are some distinct structural differences between the feathers of the ‘Dominant Grey’ budgerigar and those of other races. In the wild coloured form the feathers of the lower abdominal region ...

The 49th Annual Expert ANBC National Titles will name 29 champion budgies, each representing a different class of bird such as rainbow, opaline or albino varieties. Troy Holmes, delegate to the ...