NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A councilman in New York says he wants to protect a group of wild South American parrots that for some reason are at home in the busy city.
WEYMOUTH, England, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- British municipal officials say they have settled a nuisance case involving squawking parrots after spending $42,000 prosecuting the birds' owner.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. and Costa Rican scientists say their research suggests parrots -- with more than 90 species facing extinction -- might be more adaptable than thought.
YACOLT, Wash., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Several parrots who migrated to the Yacolt, Wash., area now have their very own custom-built, 30-foot-high nesting platform.
WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Polish police found a 38-year-old Armenian man trying to illegally enter the country by hiding in a woman's luggage.
GAZA, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Palestinian police are looking for four gunmen who overpowered a zookeeper in the Gaza Strip and escaped with a lioness cub and two Arabic-speaking parrots.
