The United States was a more colorful place when flocks of Carolina parakeets flew across the sky like daytime fireworks, flashing pops of orange, yellow, and green. The country’s only native parrot ...

When you’re looking for a small bird as a pet, parakeets or budgies are generally recommended. The truth is that a budgie is a parakeet! It can be quite confusing, but only in the U.S. is a budgie ...

Reclining in the chair of his home office in Farnham, England, Keith Betton says he'd be happy to look out and see one — and only one — ringed-neck parakeet feeding from his backyard birdfeeder. "I ...

The once-abundant wild parrots vanished mysteriously in the early 20th century. Now scientists are closer to solving their disappearance. The last captive Carolina parakeet in the United States, a ...