The kea bird, New Zealand’s native parrot, makes other keas laugh with a so-called “play call,” scientists reported in a new study.

Many animals are known to use tools, but a bird named Bruce may be one of the most ingenious nonhuman tool inventors of all: He is a disabled parrot who has designed and uses his own prosthetic ...

A couple of New Zealanders passing through the South Island were helped out by a friendly kea bird who opened two bottles of beer for the pair. In the funny video, captured at Milford Sound, Ryan ...

A kea was released back into the wild after a 5-month recovery from a gunshot wound, New Zealand wildlife officials said. The young male parrot was found in February in Golden Bay’s Ligar Bay ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - New safeguards are in place on Mauna Kea to protect an endangered bird once thought to have disappeared from the mountain ecosystem. The uau Hawaiian petrel seabird was ...

East Coast MP Kiri Allan is backing the cheeky kea for the high-profile Bird of the Year title. Online voting for the Forest and Bird of the Year/Te Manu Rongonui o Te Tau 2021 started on Monday.

The bird swipes the GoPro from the railing and takes off across the New Zealand landscape as the device’s owners watch in astonishment. With the camera still recording, the parrot soars across ...

New Zealand's highly intelligent parrot, the playful kea bird, has a contagious "play call," like human laughter, that makes other kea birds want to play more. A new study in the journal Current ...