Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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, ...

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 ...

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, covering pets, animal rescue ...

It was late last month that an endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo in Australia sustained severe burns from an active power line and was found by experts. Unfortunately, bird feathers are quite flammable, ...

A few years ago, a Sydney scientist noticed a sulfur-crested cockatoo opening his trash bin. Not every resident would be thrilled, but ornithologist Richard Major was impressed by the ingenuity.

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 ...

Oldest Carnaby’s cockatoo in wild lived to 35, with eight recorded living beyond 21, researchers find Western Australia’s endangered Carnaby’s cockatoos can live up to 35 years in the wild, making ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American It's been a rough year for Western ...

A sulfur-crested cockatoo flips open the lid of a bin. Barbara Klump / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Sulfur-crested cockatoos don’t have the best reputation around their human neighbors in ...

Here are three things you may not have known about Australia’s sulphur-crested cockatoos. Sulphur-crested cockatoos may be ubiquitous in the landscape, but you’ll find very few people who can speak to ...