When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Klump et al., Biology Letters Wild cockatoos in Sydney, Australia have learned to drink ...
Cockatoos have been the subject of scientific curiosity as their bin-searching shenanigans could demonstrate culture in animals. The novels of Jane Austen. The plays of Shakespeare. The symphonies of ...
When a good beat hits your ears, it can be difficult to resist the urge to wiggle your shoulders, bob your head, and shake ya booty. A drive to dance isn't exclusive to primates; parrots in captivity ...
A sulfur-crested cockatoo flips open the lid of a bin. Barbara Klump / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Sulfur-crested cockatoos don’t have the best reputation around their human neighbors in ...
Queensland’s palm cockatoo has been moved up from “least concern” to “near threatened” status by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List. The organisation updated the status ...
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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 ...
Oldest Carnaby’s cockatoo in wild lived to 35, with eight recorded living beyond 21, researchers find Western Australia’s endangered Carnaby’s cockatoos can live up to 35 years in the wild, making ...