My first pet was a colorful parakeet named Joey, a comedic little character that used to perch on his toy bicycle with my mother’s help and ride around the kitchen table. Readers who are old enough to ...

Most mammals wear coats of brown, black, and gray, while parrots flash brilliant reds, reef fish shimmer in electric blue, and chameleons shift between greens and golds. This disparity is not random.

It would be hard not to see one of the inhabitants of the new Bronx Zoo exhibit called Budgie Landing. The exhibit showcases over 1,000 of the colorful birds inside the aviary exhibit space. Budgies ...