Spotted a flash of green in the Houston suburbs? It might have been a monk parakeet, an invasive species that has been flying ...

The city of Round Rock is preparing for repairs to its historic water tower after invasive monk parakeets caused damage to ...

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 ...

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 ...

which tracks the status of invasive or introduced species of birds in the state. The exotic parrots are also far less resilient than monk parakeets, Brooks said. While monks commonly use ...

In the urban parks of Barcelona, Spain, the calls of a tropical parrot fill the air. The bright green monk parakeet, native to South America, has found a new home in European cities. Monk ...

Like all parrots, monk parakeets have an exceptionally flexible vocal repertoire and can imitate and learn new sounds throughout their lives. Because the invasive parrot spread through Europe only ...

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.

Study: A Novel Dependoparvovirus Identified in Cloacal Swabs of Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) from Urban Areas of Spain. Image Credit: Roel van Moorsel/Shutterstock.com Introducing invasive ...

In the urban parks of Barcelona, Spain, the calls of a tropical parrot fill the air. The bright green monk parakeet, native to South America, has found a new home in European cities. Monk parakeets ...