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 ...

From pocket knives to smartphones, humans keep inventing ever-more-sophisticated tools. However, the notion that tool use is an exclusively human trait was shattered in the 1960s when Jane Goodall ...

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 ...

The ability to solve problems with multiple tools is a rare talent in the animal kingdom, but according to new research, cockatoos are the first birds on the block to carry and use a tool kit to suit ...

Forget screwdrivers or drills. A stick and a straw make for a great cockatoo tool kit. The study is a fascinating example of what cockatoos are capable of, says Anne Clark, a behavioral ecologist at ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Meet Rocky! He’s a Goffin’s Cockatoo at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo. “So goffin’s cockatoos are usually found in Indonesia,” says zookeeper Cheyenne Speights. “And these ...

Some wild cockatoos whittle tree branches into utensils that they use to open and dig into the seed-laden pits, or stones, of tropical fruit. This is the first known instance of wild, non-primate ...

DENVER – A Goffin’s cockatoo who’s been around longer than the class of 2023 was stolen from a Colorado pet store over the weekend. The owner is now asking for the public’s help to bring her home safe ...

Figaro the cockatoo displays his "primate level" combination tool-using skills by playing a cockatoo version of "golf," and choosing the correct hole for a cashew reward. Two other cockatoos figured ...