Sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) are a large member of the parrot family. You will find these social birds across Eastern Australia and New Guinea, gathered in roosting communities. They ...

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 ...

For years, scientists have known that wild cockatoos are unusually clever. These birds can open bins, solve simple puzzles, and even copy tricks from one another. Now, new research suggests they may ...

Australia’s wild cockatoos have been acting strangely. The white parrots gathered around parks, sidewalks, balconies, and outdoor cafés. Then people started noticing something stranger. Entire groups ...