Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The crafty cockatoos have done it again. A new study published ...

In suburban Sydney, sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) previously figured out how to break into garbage bins and have now deciphered human water fountains. Photograph By Doug Gimesy, Nature ...

Goffin's cockatoos have been added to the short list of non-human animals that use and transport toolsets. Researchers show that the cockatoos carry multiple tools to their worksite when the job calls ...

In a series of new experiments, Goffin's cockatoos were able to use a set of different tools to complete complex tasks. The brainy birds can decide which gadget works best and carry their varied ...

Forget screwdrivers or drills. A stick and a straw make for a great cockatoo tool kit. The study is a fascinating example of what cockatoos are capable of, says Anne Clark, a behavioral ecologist at ...

“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught.” ― Baba Dioum (1937 - current) A recent deep dive into the ...

The job, in these experiments, was getting a cashew out of a puzzle box. By Darren Incorvaia Cockatoos contain contradictions. “They behave like gremlins,” said Antonio Osuna-Mascaró, a biologist at ...

A few years ago, Australian scientist Richard Major took a video of a cockatoo in Sydney opening a closed trash bin lid with its beak and foot to access the gold mine of leftover food inside. He ...

Goffin’s cockatoos have been added to the short list of non-human animals that use and transport toolsets. In a study publishing in the journal Current Biology on February 10, researchers show that ...