Alex wasn’t just repeating words. He understood them. For nearly three decades, African Grey parrot Alex worked with animal ...

"You be good. I love you. See you tomorrow." ...

Robyn Williams: Did you see the obituary in this week's Economist magazine? Was it for a statesman, was it for a top executive, was it for a writer? Well, none of these, it was for Alex the parrot.

Alex the gray parrot was no ordinary bird. The subject of a thirty-year investigation into avian cognition, by the time he died in 2007, numerous scientific publications had pointed to Alex as proof ...

WALTHAM, Mass. — Alex, a parrot who could count to six, identify colors and express frustration with repetitive scientific trials, has died after 30 years of helping researchers better understand the ...

A gifted parrot that could count to six, identify colors and even express frustration with repetitive scientific trials has died after 30 years of helping researchers better understand the avian brain ...

NEW YORK — The story of a Brandeis University scientist and her famous African grey parrot, Alex, whose untimely death last fall made news around the world, will be told in a book. Irene Pepperberg's ...

Alex the famous African gray parrot, renowned for the landmark cognition research conducted by owner Dr. Irene Pepperberg, Ph.D., has died at the age of 31. By learning elements of the English ...