Philadelphia, Pa -- The Sisters of Saint Francis of Philadelphia are living alongside what may be the most pious parakeet on the planet: a talking bird named "Francis" who learned everything he knows ...

While budgies and parrots might be known for their powers of speech, this particular bird takes his grasp of English to a whole new level. In fact Disco the budgie – one of the stars of the BBC’s new ...

ASTON — About seven years ago, Francis and Clare, a pair of budgie parakeets, were gifted to the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for their retirement home, Assisi House in Aston, by a visiting ...

If you’d tuned into the BBC on this day in 1958, you’d have come across something quite remarkable - Sparkie the talking budgie. But if, like my own childhood pet budgies, yours didn’t utter a dicky ...

Parakeet brains and their ability to mimic human talking could help people suffering from speech disorders, according to a ...

Monk parakeet: Their most characteristic sound is a chatter of short notes that they give while perched or at their nest. Monk Parakeets kept in captivity can learn to mimic human speech. Raven: They ...