These aren’t the droids you’re looking for, but a near-sighted Jedi could easily mistake one of these talented birds for R2-D2. Bluey, the parakeet above, has made headlines this week for his perfect ...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, R2-D2 beeped and booped—and now birds that copy the Star Wars character are giving scientists fresh insight into how different species imitate complex sounds ...

For the first seconds I thought it was just a coincidence, but this budgerigar—an Australian parakeet—really sounds exactly like R2-D2 down to every squeak, beep, and bop. Even the colors are the same ...

We, as a collective people, just love anything and everything Star Wars. This woman’s sheer joy just from purchasing a Chewbacca mask for herself and getting to play with it is proof of that, as is ...

When Carli Jeffrey taught her budgie to mimic the noises of everyone”s favorite astromech droid – sorry R4 but it”s true – little did she realize the monster she was creating. It only took a few days ...