San Diego Comic-Con 2026 has arrived, and we'll be covering all the big news coming out of this weekend, including from our ...

Queensland became Australia's fourth state to confirm a case of H5N1 bird flu after ​authorities said on Saturday that a ‌migratory seabird tested positive for the highly pathogenic virus. Australia ...

The Worcester Red Sox enshrined four new members into their Hall of Fame on Thursday in Mark Fidrych, Charles Steinberg, Chad ...

San Diego Comic-Con 2026 runs from Thursday, July 23, through Sunday, July 26. According to io9 reporter Cheryl Eddy, who’s on the ground with fellow io9 reporter Germain Lussie ...

A new Army psychological operations unit takes its nickname from an African bird called the drongo. Drongo is also an insult ...

Parrots can talk because they are exceptional vocal learners. Instead of being born knowing every sound, they listen, copy, ...

'"Why should humans have all the fun?" this adorable parrot asked herself before deciding to try and taste her owner's drink. This comical video shows Tonika Kahl having a back and forth with her pet ...

A research group led by Associate Professor Yoshihiro Nakata from the Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering at the University of Electro-Communications, Japan, in collaboration with ...

Australia was the only continent free of H5N1 bird flu, until last week when a brown skua was found in Cape Le Grand National Park in Western Australia, about 700km from Perth, with the virus. Within ...

Parrots are famous for repeating human words, and when one calls out a person’s name, it is usually treated as more of the same. The assumption has been that the bird simply heard the sound often ...

People often think of parrots as birds that simply repeat what they hear. But research indicates that, in some instances, their use of human words may be more specific. The study found that parrots ...

Parrots may be doing more than just repeating words—they may actually use names. By analyzing hundreds of recordings from pet parrots, researchers found evidence that many birds use specific names to ...