A kea in flight in New Zealand, where it takes to alpine locations to avoid people, a new study alleges. Alamy Stock Photo Birds of a feather flock together — far away from society. Researchers have ...

Bruce the kea—a species of alpine parrot native to New Zealand—lost his upper beak in an accident as a young bird. But that hasn’t stopped him from becoming the dominant male in his kea community ...

Kea are highly endangered alpine parrots native to New Zealand and often found in the mountains. Research suggests that their choice of habitat may have been influenced by the threat of human activity ...

Scientists studying kea, New Zealand’s alpine parrot, revealed that the famously mischievous birds could understand probabilities, an impressive mental feat. The pair of researchers put six birds ...

"Bruce's alpha position was reflected not only in combat, but also in measurable benefits across social interactions." ...

Sir David Attenborough narrates a documentary about the Kea, the world's only alpine parrot. Playful and destructive, it attacks cars, starts landslides and terrorises New Zealand ski resorts but ...

Bruce, a partially beak-less Kea parrot, is giving the term "bird brained" new meaning by wow-ing scientists with his innovative self-care tools. Animal Minds/University of Auckl Bruce, a partially ...

An unusually large flock of young kea visiting Aoraki Mount Cook National Park has become part of a trial to track the movements of this far-flying parrot. Department of Conservation science staff and ...

A kea parrot missing the entire upper half of his beak has become the dominant male of his social group — and in doing so, delivered the first documented case of a physically disabled animal of any ...