One Cockatoo never behaves at home, and that's exactly the way his mom likes him. However, when he goes to Grandma's house, ...

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A motorist was forced to slowly travel along a street south of Sydney as a flock of cockatoos enjoyed a feast on Sunday, May ...

For years, scientists have known that wild cockatoos are unusually clever. These birds can open bins, solve simple puzzles, and even copy tricks from .

A new study groups cockatoos into the “innovative tool makers and users” club alongside crows and chimpanzees -- leaving human children far behind. Again People had long (and mistakenly) thought that ...

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 ...

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Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna are reporting that Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) engage in food flavoring behavior by dunking food into soy yogurt. Experimentally ...

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 ...

He's done tolerating Mom now.

A species of Indonesian parrot known as the Goffin's cockatoo can solve a complex series of puzzles to reach a reward behind a glass pane, a study has shown. Teams from from Oxford University, the ...