Humans appear to be in good company: the kea parrot of New Zealand has become the first non-mammal to show signs of contagious “laughter.” Kea parrots aren’t quite cracking each other up in mid-flight ...

New Zealand’s highly intelligent parrot, the playful kea bird, has a contagious “play call,” like human laughter, that makes other kea birds want to play more. A new study in the journal Current ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Kea, Nestor notabilis, are large parrots that live in alpine ...

Raoul Schwing remembers sitting on a New Zealand mountaintop, watching a kea hovering in front of him, just an arm’s reach away. The large green parrot had jumped into an updraft, and was flying into ...

Kea inhabit high in New Zealand’s South Island mountains, where they thrive in frigid, harsh alpine habitats. Researchers learn about kea behavior in order to help defend them better and gain insights ...

The kea (Nestor notabilis) is one of the most fascinating and unique birds in the world, found exclusively in New Zealand’s South Island. According to research done by the Department of Conservation, ...

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WHETHER or not we may be able to boast ‘homebred’ keas depends on an experiment about to be made at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London. An artificial cave is to be made in the ...

The bird is a kea from New Zealand, and his fabrication of an instrument to help him preen his feathers appears to be unique, researchers say. By Nicholas Bakalar Many animals are known to use tools, ...

New Zealand's highly intelligent parrot, the playful kea bird, has a contagious "play call," like human laughter, that makes other kea birds want to play more. A new study in the journal Current ...