Parakeets or Budgies are social birds who love to play. They crave interaction with other birds or humans, so if you bring home just one pet budgie, you can become his buddy. Eliza's best pet bird ...

Some are biking, while others are putting extra birdseed in their feeders, after a man who brought in 20 parakeets to the Center for Avian Adoption, Rescue and Education, told the shelter he released ...

Green parrots are varied in their traits and care requirements, with some being more suitable for experienced bird owners. Popular species like budgerigars and lovebirds are generally easy to manage, ...

It would be hard not to see one of the inhabitants of the new Bronx Zoo exhibit called Budgie Landing. The exhibit showcases over 1,000 of the colorful birds inside the aviary exhibit space. Budgies ...

Amazing color variations that breeders have carefully nurtured will be displayed Saturday during the Budgerigar Association of America's Grand National Show. About 80 exhibitors from around the ...

Humans and dogs aren’t the only ones that can pass along yawns. They appear to be contagious among parakeets, too. Budgies are the first nonmammal species to exhibit contagious yawning in experiments ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Many birds’ plumage colors are somehow derived from the foods ...