A scientific survey takes a look at 'vocal mimicry' in parrots
A new scientific survey takes a close look at the ability of parrots to mimic human words and phrases.
Animals
Biden is poised to sign bill that bans private ownership of big cats
There are about 7-thousand tigers in private hands or in zoos in the U.S., almost twice as many as are in the wild around the world.
Jonathan, the world's oldest tortoise, marks his 190th with fanfare and salad cake
While Jonathan's exact birthday is unknown, it's estimated he was born in 1832 — before the first photograph of a person and the first postage stamp. He's getting lots of well-wishes on St. Helena.
A UN biodiversity convention aims to slow humanity's 'war with nature'
Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Canada to try to fix humanity's relationship with nature. The convention comes during an emerging extinction crisis.
The man who shot Lady Gaga's dog walker gets 21 years in prison
The Lady Gaga connection was a coincidence, authorities have said. The motive was the value of the French bulldogs, and detectives do not believe the thieves knew the dogs belonged to the musician.
Forget the World Cup. Qatar's hottest show is the camel pageant
Nazaa'a beat 14 other pure-bred camels in the Mzayen World Cup, a pageant for camels.
The long-lost remains of the last known Tasmanian tiger have been found in a cupboard
The skeleton and skin of what is believed to be the last Tasmanian tiger have been stashed away in a cupboard at a museum in Tasmania, where experts lost track of the bizarre looking creature.
Bats and death metal singers have similar vocal techniques
Biologists at the University of Southern Denmark found that bats have a voice box with thin folds that lets them reach a range of seven octaves. It's similar to how our own voices work.
A car accident in a Walmart parking lot was caused by a dog behind the wheel
The dog was waiting for its owners to return from the store, and the steering column was damaged in a way that made it easy for the dog to put the vehicle in drive.
Death metal singers have a vocal counterpart ... in bats
Bats and death metal singers have more in common than a love of the dark. A new study has found that some of bats' lower frequency calls appear to use a technique similar to death metal growling.