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 ...

Have you seen videos of umbrella cockatoos online and want to learn more about these beautiful birds? Or maybe you’re looking to adopt one of your very own! Let’s discuss some fun facts about umbrella ...

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 ...

Their analysis of a new set of videos reveals that Snowball — who lives at a bird sanctuary in Indiana — not only has rhythm but is also capable of creativity and spontaneity when he boogies. He ...

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 ...

Sulphur-crested cockatoos have previously mastered garbage bins. Now, it’s water fountains. In suburban Sydney, sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) previously figured out how to break into ...

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 ...

The Nature Index 2024 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

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 ...