In 2008, a YouTube video featuring an Eleanora cockatoo named Snowball dancing to the beat of the Backstreet Boys went viral. His killer moves stunned scientists, since the ability to synchronize body ...

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 ...

Birds possess key neural and behavioral markers suggesting consciousness is more widespread in animals than previously ...

We’ve covered the absolutely adorable and ridiculously smart Cockatoo named Furby plenty of times before, and if you’re a Furby fan, you already know his antics never disappoint. Recently, Furby gave ...

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Each night around sundown, cockatoos in western Sydney gather for a ritual: After waiting in line on a fence, they take turns at a drinking fountain, gripping the handle with their feet and leaning ...

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 ...

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In an impressive feat of rapid urban adaptation, sulphur-crested cockatoos have worked out how to use their feet and their large bodies to twist the tap handles of drinking fountains in order to ...