First, these parrots learned to open trash cans to forage for food. Now, they’ve taken it a step further – and have figured ...

Wild cockatoos in Western Sydney have learned to drink from water fountains — choosing to drink from them even if they have ...

“They really like bread,” said Klump. [Related: Australian cockatoos are teaching each other to open trash cans.] The study found that prying open a trash bin is a cockatoo community affai ...

The birds, which have also opened trash bins, were filmed operating fountain handles with complex maneuvers. Researchers say ...

Human trash can be a cockatoo’s treasure ... On the streets of Sydney, Australia, an arms race is brewing between humans and cockatoos. Erin I. Garcia de Jesus is a staff writer at Science ...

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Credit: Klump et al., Biology Letters Wild cockatoos in Sydney, Australia have learned to drink from twist-handle water fountains, turning the knob with their feet and using their body weight to ...