Using 10 Goffin’s cockatoos, researchers from Austria and the UK made their discovery after carrying out three experiments as published in the journal Current Biology Friday. Goffin’s ...

In an incredible (and perhaps disconcerting) video, a Goffin's cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana) named Figaro plays a game of putt-putt golf. With seeming ease, the bird places a ball on a platform ...

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 ...

Goffin's cockatoos can tear cardboard into long strips as tools to reach food—but fail to adjust strip width to fit through narrow openings, according to a study published November 7 ...

In the new study, published Friday (Feb. 10) in the journal Current Biology, a separate team of researchers showed that wild-caught Goffin's cockatoos could use tools as a set, and can even carry ...

Dr. Auersperg and other researchers showed the innateness of this curiosity in 2021, when they reported that wild Goffin’s cockatoos use tools. The researchers observed birds, temporarily housed ...

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 ...

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.

Goffin's cockatoos can tear cardboard into long strips as tools to reach food -- but fail to adjust strip width to fit through narrow openings, according to a new study. Goffin's cockatoos can ...

Goffin's cockatoos can tear cardboard into long strips as tools to reach food - but fail to adjust strip width to fit through narrow openings, according to a study published November 7 ...