MUNCIE, Ind. — A noisy parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm, the bird’s owner says. Shannon Conwell, 33, said he and his ...

A parrot that can do a wolf whistle and sometimes sounds like R2-D2 from the "Star Wars" films is on the loose in Maine.Oscar Cornejo tells The Morning Sentinel his 10-year-old Timneh African Grey ...

Nov. 16 (UPI) --A British fire department said firefighters rushed to the scene of a fire alarm only to discover the culprit was actually a parrot mimicking an alarm noise. Northamptonshire Fire and ...

Some birds such as starlings (right) are better at mimicking R2-D2 (left) than others. Researchers did acoustic analyses on samples of birds imitating the plucky droid that were already available ...

A parrot’s very convincing imitation of a smoke alarm recently sparked an emergency response from firefighters in England. Steve Dockerty says he called fire officials after hearing what he thought ...

Scientists say they have assembled more completely the string of genetic letters that could control how well parrots learn to imitate their owners and other sounds. Scientists say they have assembled ...

When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They’re famous for copying human speech, car alarms, and even ringtone melodies. But what happens when you challenge ...

Parrots, renowned for their mimicry, not only have the ability to imitate a variety of sounds but they also possess unique voices of their own, according to a new study A wild monk parakeet ...

Muncie - A parrot's alert may have saved the life of a Muncie father and his son. Their house burned this weekend, leaving them without a home. Friday night, Shannon Conwell and his 9-year-old son ...

Whether living with pirates or in the wild, parrots have exceptional abilities to mimic the sounds they hear. One species, the orange-fronted conure, may have evolved this ability in order to ...