Imagine sitting in your car, enjoying a quiet lunch with the windows down, when out of nowhere, a few unexpected guests show ...

Cockatoos are one of those birds that everyone kind of has an idea of: they're one of the most iconic parrot species of all time, second to the gorgeous Scarlet Macaw. We know what Cockatoos look like ...

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 ...

A $300 million multi-user supply base is set to be built on Cockatoo Island, off the northern West Australian coast.

Many Australians regard cockatoos as something of a nuisance, a reputation owed in part to the parrots' cacophonous, screeching cries Cockatoo birds are renowned in Australia for their raucous singing ...

When recognising a new species or subspecies, a “holotype” (i.e., the specimen from which the subspecies or species was first described) is required. The holotype for Calyptorhynchus banksii ...

The native Australian birds are charismatic and deeply destructive. By Natasha Frost The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up here to receive it by email. A ...

Once dubbed ‘Australia’s naughtiest bird’, the sometimes irksome behaviour of sulphur-crested cockatoos is a source of constant fascination to scientists. (Wikipedia pic) Cockatoos may be renowned in ...

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 ...

This curious cockatoo is a regular visitor to a Queensland, Australia, traffic cam Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

But when they are not using their sharp beaks to rifle through rubbish, a new study found many cockatoo species seemed to enjoy shaking their tail feathers. Charles Sturt University researcher Natasha ...