Bruce surprised researchers by turning his physical disability into a successful advantage, both behaviorally and ...

Source: Bernard Spragg, via Flickr. Public domain. Conservation involves more than just setting aside land for an endangered species. Understanding how an animal thinks, behaves, and interacts with ...

Bruce the kea is missing his entire upper beak. Yet he is the alpha bird of his circus (the apt collective noun for a group of New Zealand’s famously playful alpine parrots). As our latest research ...

Their brains may be tiny, but parrots can add a new cognitive feat to their list of incredible intelligent abilities — one that allows them to claim greater smarts than some humans. In a new study, ...

Missing the entire upper half of his beak, Bruce has not merely adapted—he has weaponized his disability, transforming it into a tool of dominance that is now captivating cutting-edge science research ...

The kea, an alpine parrot from New Zealand, is among the world’s smartest and most mischievous birds. Research shows it can reason, solve complex problems, and combine information across cognitive ...