At their best, technologies like video chat help us feel connected with loved ones. So could apps like FaceTime enrich the lives of other social creatures? In this bonus episode, voice researcher ...

In some of the, well, less stressful corners of social media, you can hear all kinds of bird calls, people sharing recordings of birds that they took with their phones. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

An estimated 20 million parrots are kept as household pets in the United States. Parrots are flock animals, though, who can suffer from loneliness when kept alone as a pet. So, researchers at ...

In the wild, parrots squeak, squawk, whistle and trill to communicate with their flockmates. These highly social birds rely on their complex communication systems to get food and warn of potential ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Parrots are flock animals who can suffer from loneliness when kept alone as a pet, writes Cathy M. Rosenthal. An estimated 20 ...