Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the best traits of some exotic birds is their confidence. They know how to take charge of a situation, and they're adorable ...

Grief can be difficult to navigate for even the most emotionally aware people, so it blew me away to see this beautiful cockatoo bird processing her feathered friend's death in the most direct, ...

“We’re bird people,” says Mike Miller, cuddling his year-old umbrella cockatoo, a species named for the head feathers that stand up when the bird is ruffled. Miller runs his hand across Thunder’s back ...

Cockatoos are sweet birds when they'd like to be. The problem is that a lot of them are sometimes sweet, but a lot of the time, very spicy. They're easy to anger, easy to rile up, and hilariously ...

Though cockatoos are popular pets, the sad reality is that many people who bring them into their homes are not prepared for how difficult they can be to keep happy and occupied. Cockatoos are not ...

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 ...

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. It’s ...

Male palm cockatoos just might be the rock stars of the animal kingdom—but unsurprisingly, they mainly just do it for the chicks. The Australian bird is the only animal other than humans known to use ...