Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

Swearing parrots in a line-up at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park When staff at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park noticed an outbreak of swearing among five of their African grey parrots in 2020, they segregated ...

After going viral for their ability to swear, a group of parrots will be introduced to a larger group of proper parrots in hopes the change of social scenery will curb the bad mouth bird's cursing.

These zoo parrots' potty mouths got them relocated. At the British zoo Lincolnshire Wildlife Centre, keeping some of the bird residents' vocabulary limited to G-rated language has proven challenging - ...

These birds need to wash their mouths out with soap. A wildlife park in the UK conspired a new plan to stop their potty-mouthed parrots from cursing, telling zoo visitors to “f—k off.” Lincolnshire ...

FRISKNEY, England – A wildlife park in England says it had to remove five parrots from public display because they started swearing at guests. The BBC reports that Lincolnshire Wildlife Park adopted ...