Several parrot species face bans on pet ownership globally due to endangerment or invasive potential. The Pesquet’s Parrot, ...

They were declared extinct in 1939, probably done in by a combination of deforestation, competition with invasive species, introduced diseases and hunting. Perhaps the Monk Parakeet is taking up ...

Monk parakeets could be considered just as Texan ... While he's not exactly sure why, he attributes this to greater knowledge about invasive species and pet owners not releasing into the wild ...

Monk parakeets have been flapping around Houston for around 50 years. Having logged just 20 years in the city myself, I feel some reticence calling them an invasive species. Yet, technically ...

About one in nine of those species has become invasive. Their cost is huge—estimates of the damage run to $120bn a year. California has made it illegal to own a monk parakeet. In general ...

The dependoparvovirus prevalence in monk parakeets, and amino acid sequence ... underscored the importance of characterizing invasive avian species' viral genomes to prevent the emergence and ...

It would have been interesting to test whether these voiceprints were also found in monk parakeets' native habitats in South America, as this species is invasive in Spain, Westerman said.

Florida has at least 40 more invasive species to worry about ... with many other interlopers such as spectacled caimans, monk parakeets and the occasional anaconda. A team of experts, led by ...