Before learning to speak, human babies go through a vocal stage known as babbling, which is a well documented part of the vocal language acquisition process. Basically, babbling is how an animal ...

You may be familiar with the large, talking green bird known as a parrot. There's another parrot type called parrotlet, which is much smaller than the birds you’re familiar with. Parrotlets can also ...

Equipped with a tiny pair of goggles, Obi the parrotlet is braving haze and lasers to help researchers learn what happens when a bird flaps its wings. Researchers have long known how planes fly and ...

Scientists at Stanford University have trained a Parrotlet called Obi to wear some pretty rad goggles and fly through laser sheets in an effort to test models that predict the lift generated by flying ...

Pacific parrotlets are highly popular among bird owners. While they have a strong voice, they can't scream or talk as well as other bigger parrot species. Thanks to their quiet nature and smaller size ...

Hopkin: Even sweeter are the sounds they make when they’re just beginning to explore their vocal capabilities. [CLIP: Baby babbling] Hopkin: But human babies are not unique—at least when it comes to ...

A newly published UC Berkeley-led study compiles nearly 30 years of research and observations of the green-rumped parrotlet, a small South American parrot, and their behavioral patterns of infanticide ...