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 ...

Bruce, a partially beak-less Kea parrot, is giving the term "bird brained" new meaning by wow-ing scientists with his innovative self-care tools. Animal Minds/University of Auckl Bruce, a ...

A kea Parrot stole a family's GoPro while it was recording on Jan. 24 during a vacation at Fiordland National Park in New Zealand. (Video: Alexandra Verheul) ...

Kea parrot stole the family’s GoPro during a trip to Fiordland National Park, South Island in New Zealand and filmed its escape flight over the park. The video went viral internationally.

His lives with other kea in an aviary. Bruce is given soft food that's easy to handle without a full beak, but he's also figured out how to press harder foods against other objects in order to eat.

The parrots tapped on a separating glass to let the researchers know which hand they predicted had a black token. The smart little birdies, at a rate around 17 out of 20 tries, tapped on the side ...

Kea parrot stole the family’s GoPro during a trip to Fiordland National Park, South Island in New Zealand and filmed its escape flight over the park. The video went viral internationally.

A New Zealand family got an unexpected bird’s eye view of a trail they had just hiked in Fiordland National Park, South Island, after a mischievous parrot stole their GoPro and took flight.

The researchers tested six male kea, named Blofeld, Bruce, Loki, Neo, Plankton, and Taz. All except Bruce, a wild bird, were bred in captivity.

Kea parrots respond to play call.A ceasefire in the Middle East would seem to signify, at long last, a chance for new beginnings. But in talking to people in Israel and Gaza, Taylor Luck and Ghada ...

What do you think about these kea parrots’ ability to use probabilities to make predictions? Let’s get some bird-brained thoughts going in the comments! Feature image: Nature ...

The introduction of sheep into New-Zealand (where quadrupeds were previously unknown) developed the dormant carnivorous habits of a mountain parrot--the kea of the natives--the Nestor notabilis of ...