Budgerigars are some of the chattiest birds, and that is reflected in their brains. Budgie brains contain a map of vocal ...

Human speech arises courtesy of some significant neural horsepower. Different areas of the brain are involved in determining the meaning that’s desired, finding the words to express it, and then ...

Budgerigars are grammar pedants too. Just like us, these parrots use the grammatical structure of unfamiliar phrases to work out what they mean. There is evidence that some birds pay attention to the ...