African gray parrots will help other members of their species in need, the first time such charitable behavior has been documented among birds. “Parrots had not been tested yet,” says Brucks.

With the body of a parrot and the head of a vulture, the Dracula parrot is unnerving and beautiful all at once. ALSO KNOWN as Pesquet’s parrot or the vulturine parrot, the Dracula parrot is found only ...