Charlie is a rescue Cockatoo in his 20s, living la vida loca with his human parents, also in their 20s, so you could say he's ...

Similar cockatoos were recently observed learning to open trashcan lids. But that’s not all these birds can do. A similar group of Australian “cockies” are also figuring out the mechanics of drinking ...

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 ...

Cockatoos make sound economic decisions about which tools to use to obtain a particular food reward based upon their assessment of the current "market situation", according to a study by University of ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study finds that the birds have flexible problem-solving skills. July 5, 2013— -- Getting called a birdbrain might not be such an insult after all. A new study published in the journal PLoS ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists happened to notice some captive cockatoos dipping their food in water before they ate. They concluded the birds were likely doing this to change the texture of their food. Other birds do ...

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 ...