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It makes sense, given that they're so bossy, but it's still always funny to see a Cockatoo really taking charge! One Cockatoo ...

He's getting smarter every day.

Cockatoos make sound economic decisions about which tools to use to obtain a particular food reward based upon their assessment of the current "market situation", according to a study by University of ...

A new study groups cockatoos into the “innovative tool makers and users” club alongside crows and chimpanzees -- leaving human children far behind. Again People had long (and mistakenly) thought that ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The crafty cockatoos have done it again. A new study published ...

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 ...

Goffin’s cockatoos have been added to the short list of non-human animals that use and transport toolsets. In a study publishing in the journal Current Biology on February 10, researchers show that ...

A new study finds that the birds have flexible problem-solving skills. July 5, 2013— -- Getting called a birdbrain might not be such an insult after all. A new study published in the journal PLoS ...

Many animals are known to make tools to help them find food or achieve other everyday goals, but advanced toolmaking skills are rarer. Now, wild cockatoos have been seen making sets of tools, each ...

Scientists happened to notice some captive cockatoos dipping their food in water before they ate. They concluded the birds were likely doing this to change the texture of their food. Other birds do ...

Goffin's cockatoos have been added to the short list of non-human animals that use and transport toolsets. Researchers show that the cockatoos carry multiple tools to their worksite when the job calls ...