Australia's sulphur-crested cockatoo, named for the crest of feathers on its head, has been found to learn how to open residential trash bin lids and find food through social learning. According to ...

New genetic research from the University of Hong Kong has confirmed that two cockatoos believed to be the same species are actually two distinct species. Cockatoos are a chatty bird found in the wild ...

In suburban Sydney, sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) previously figured out how to break into garbage bins and have now deciphered human water fountains. Photograph By Doug Gimesy, Nature ...

Ecologists at the School of Biological Sciences of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made valuable discoveries that could transform the conservation of two iconic cockatoo species: the ...

In Sydney, Australia, man and bird are waging a fierce battle over the most precious of resources: garbage. For the past several years, a team of scientists has studied sulphur-crested cockatoo ...

Sulfur-crested cockatoos are trash-can bandits in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Humans use tools to protect their bins, and the birds then go the extra mile to break in. By Bethany Brookshire ...

You might not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, but apparently Australia's sulphur-crested cockatoos are never too old to teach themselves. New research showcases that the Australian-based birds ...

“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught.” ― Baba Dioum (1937 - current) A recent deep dive into the ...

Residents of southern Sydney, Australia have been in a long-term battle over garbage -- humans want to throw it out, and cockatoos want to eat it. The sulphur-crested cockatoos that call the area home ...

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Ecologists have made valuable discoveries that could transform the conservation of two iconic cockatoo species: the Sulphur-crested cockatoos and the critically endangered Yellow-crested cockatoos -- ...