That a parrot can copycat sounds is nothing new. But vocal learning is not common in animals. Researcher Carel ten Cate of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) of Leiden University has now discovered ...

Ripper was a hand-reared male Australian musk duck (Biziura lobata), who mimicked human utterances and other sounds that he learned from his environment. (Credit: Glenn Pure (C) 2018, with kind ...