These feathered friends have big vocabularies!

This blue budgie is a playful parakeet with a typical lifespan of 5–10 years. Macaws and cockatoos can live to be 70–80 years old. averess / Getty Images/iStockphoto My middle schooler decided she ...

People have been keeping birds as pets and companions for thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and many other older civilizations kept birds as pets. It seems only natural for ...

When it comes to feeding birds, there’s one pretty common question that comes about often: do birds need meat in their diets? The short answer is no. Birds don’t need meat in the same way that dogs or ...

Some pets can form special bonds with each other, and pet parents with different animals running, jumping, or flying through ...

Bird flu is infecting mammals, including pet dogs, in this most recent spate of viral spread. Photo: Getty Images (Brandon Bell/Staff) / Shutterstock (Javier Brosch) / Gizmodo As a highly pathogenic ...

As cases of bird flu increase, experts are urging pet owners to remain vigilant and take precautions to safeguard their animals from the disease. While avian influenza primarily affects wild and ...