Unlike most of the 350 known parrot species, the sulphur-crested cockatoo is flourishing, ... She and her team launched an online survey in the greater Sydney and Wollongong areas, ...

Coming in to land: A cockatoo heads to the park drinking fountain - Photo credit: Klump et al, Biology Letters. They have previously been caught hot-footed prying opening wheelie bins to forage for ...

Sulfur-crested cockatoo – up to 80 years. Crested brimstone cockatoo- Image via Depositphotos. ... If you visit the US, there is a greater chance of you coming across the formidable American alligator ...

Sulphur-crested cockatoos are well known for their urban antics causing havoc on bin night in more than 60 suburbs in Sydney's south. But the population in Western Sydney is a different mob.

In suburban Sydney, sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) previously figured out how to break into garbage bins and have now deciphered human water fountains. Australia’s sulphur-crested ...

The cockatoo is a large white bird with an attractive crest and a fairly thick beak. They are incredibly popular pet birds ...

First, these parrots learned to open trash cans to forage for food. Now, they’ve taken it a step further – and have figured out how to turn on water fountains for a sip along with their meal.

Sydney's sulphur-crested cockatoos spotted using drinking fountains ... The photo below shows a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo drinking water from a watering hole and a line of them waiting to use the hole.

Sulphur-crested cockatoos drink water from a fountain in Sydney, Australia. Courtesy Barbara Klump & Lucy Aplin. CNN — First, these parrots learned to open trash cans to forage for food.

Most birds go for ease when looking for drinking water. But the sulfur-crested cockatoos in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia, often prefer to quench their thirst with a challenging puzzle.

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 ...