Alex the Parrot

Move over Marley, looks like you've been dogged by a parrot. While John Grogan's "Marley & Me" may have been the cannon's former standard, Irene Pepperberg's recently published book "Alex & Me" has taken the ...  

But it was not just any bird, it was Alex the African Grey, the focus of a 30-year project that profoundly changed notions of animal cognition and, ...  

A very personal account of a brave woman's journey into the scientific unknown. Alex & Me is a touching memoir of a special relationship between a scientist and a bird that will forever change the way we think about animal intelligence. Dr. Irene Pepperberg spent 30 years conducting research on...  

A very personal account of a brave woman's journey into the scientific unknown. Alex & Me is a touching memoir of a special relationship between a scientist and a bird that will forever change the way we think about animal intelligence. Dr. Irene Pepperberg spent 30 years conducting research on...  

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author donnamr - Alex died at the too-young age of 31.  Within the week, his loyal companion received more than 1000 condolence emails.  Tributes poured in from friends and strangers alike.  Indeed, Alex was the most famous African Grey Parrot ever to have...  

Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Scientist Irene Pepperberg was about to board a plane for Tucson, Arizona, when a peevish reservations clerk refused to let her on with a bird cage.  

"Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence - and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process" by Irene Pepperberg Irene Pepperberg had something to prove when she walked ...  

As you know, I went to Irene Pepperberg's reading last night from her new book about her friend and colleague, Alex the African grey parrot. ...  

We get stories like this from time-to-time: There was Washoe the chimp who could supposedly converse intelligently through sign language that turned out to be training and subtle prompts. And now, a researcher has written a book about her claims that a parrot named Alex the parrot had the...  

Alex, the African Grey parrot who was smarter than the average US president, has died at the relatively tender age of 31." The story was spreading around ...  

Of the 8 million parrots in the United States , none was more famous than Alex, the African grey who spent 30 years in the loving care of Dr. Pepperberg ...  

The authors said there was very little evidence for the former, except possibly in the case of Alex, the African Grey parrot that Dr. Irene Pepperberg ...  

By Irene M. Pepperberg He knew 100 words and could identify colors and shapes, but the most important thing about Alex the parrot was what he taught ...  

THE young Irene Pepperberg was not the only child to have been enthralled by the “Dr Dolittle” stories, in which a doctor is taught the language of animals ...  

For 23 years, Alex the African Grey Parrot had been surprising scientist Irene Pepperberg with his skills, skills no birdbrain was supposed to have. ...