Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the best traits of some exotic birds is their confidence. They know how to take charge of a situation, and they're adorable ...

Grief can be difficult to navigate for even the most emotionally aware people, so it blew me away to see this beautiful cockatoo bird processing her feathered friend's death in the most direct, ...

Too cute!

Scientists have long known cockatoos have rich social lives. But it turns out, those lives are particularly complex — and musically creative — when it comes to courtship. In a study recently published ...

Cockatoos are sweet birds when they'd like to be. The problem is that a lot of them are sometimes sweet, but a lot of the time, very spicy. They're easy to anger, easy to rile up, and hilariously ...

Goffin’s cockatoos, long known as adept tool users, are the first parrots found to alter their food by dipping it in water. By Emily Anthes Emily Anthes previously reported on parrots who liked to ...

Sulphur-crested cockatoo in the Bushland Shire, northern suburban Sydney. Image by Tatiana Gerus (CC BY 2.0) Sulphur-crested cockatoo in the Bushland Shire, northern suburban Sydney. Image by Tatiana ...

A few years ago, a Sydney scientist noticed a sulfur-crested cockatoo opening his trash bin. Not every resident would be thrilled, but ornithologist Richard Major was impressed by the ingenuity. It’s ...

We’ve all had the “this could use a sauce” moment. Whether it’s bread, a chip, or something else, we’ve all dipped dry food into some sauce to make it tastier. Apparently, cockatoos do it too. When ...