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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...