Like some now-ubiquitous celebrity who seems in retrospect to have always been around (think the cast of Seinfeld), I can’t remember the first time I ever laid eyes on a monk parakeet in the Texas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black-capped chickadees, dark-eyed juncos and cardinals congregate around a backyard feeder as birdseed falls to the grass like ...

Highly intelligent and gregarious, the monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) or monk parrot is a fantastic little bird to keep as a pet. Getting about 11-inches when fully grown and having a much more ...

Monk parakeets have been flapping around Houston for around 50 years. Having logged just 20 years in the city myself, I feel some reticence calling them an invasive species. Yet, technically, the monk ...

Monk parakeets in big colonies developed voice accents and made a greater variety of sounds, possibly to handle communal ...

"I wish Selena could see this today. I bet she would adore Auggie," one commenter shares. "As a Spaniard, instead of 'me ...

The Monk parakeet, also know as the Quaker parrot, has these characteristics: Native to South America, monk parakeets have been breeding in South Florida at least since the late 1960s. Size: 11. 5 ...

Monk parakeets have been around the Houston area for more than 30 years, but many people are still surprised when they see a flock of the bright-green birds in their neighborhood. Perhaps it's that we ...

CHICAGO -- At a quiet street intersection in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, the imposing figure of a pine tree is only outweighed by the massive collection of sticks and twigs carefully placed on ...

A colony of parakeets is making a stir in a Long Island community over concerns that their giant nests — which can weigh ...

A recent, rapid, and ongoing invasion of monk parakeets in Mexico has been described in a new article, including the regulatory changes that affected the species' spread. Thanks to the international ...