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Watch These Cockatiels Sing Without Missing a Single Beat
A new study shows that the parrots have the same musical complexity as humans do, allowing them to join in singing anytime.
These Small Blue Parrotlets Are Better at Jumping Than You
They could help design robots that can hop and fly.
'Minecraft' Is Patching the Game So Kids Won’t Poison Their Pet Birds
"If Minecraft has any effect on children’s behavior, we want it to be a positive one."
This Artist Gave Colorful Parrots Elegant Legs, Because Why Not?
Nives Widauer's watercolors are full of irreverent surprises.
A Murder Victim's Parents Say Cops Should Use a Foul-Mouthed Parrot as a Witness
The only one who knows who shot Michigan man Martin Duram is a parrot who apparently learned the phrase "Don't fucking shoot!"
This Struggling Gaza Zoo Has Been Forced to Sell Off Ostrich Eggs and Lion Cubs
Three wars in the last seven years have killed hundreds of exotic animals in Gaza. VICE News traveled to Rafah Zoo where the owner explained that he can barely afford food to keep the surviving animals alive.
We Attended Mass at Paris's Animal Church
Every year, on the first Sunday of November, the monseigneur of Sainte Rita in Paris organizes a Mass exclusively for animals.
How I Pulled Off a $300 Million Drug Deal
From 1972 until the late 80s, Brian O’Dea was one of the world’s most successful drug smugglers. Then he got addicted to coke, and although he cleaned up following an overdose and a heart attack, the DEA tracked him down. So, throughout the 1990s...
Ones and Zeros: Sexy Panda Poop and Sneaky Snails
h3. One: Lockheed Martin's "new speedy transport plane":http://dvice.com/archives/2011/09/air-force-devel.php (DVICE) h3. Zero: Parrots are learning to "talk like people in the wild":http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/Parrots-and-other...
A Brief History of Brooklyn Curiosities
Since at least 1971, but possibly as early as 1967, Brooklyn has had a native monk-parrot population. Most expert ornithological sources agree the parrots most likely flew the coop upon landing at JFK while en route to a Manhattan pet shop. When the...