A crackle of sulfur-crested cockatoos in Western Sydney have figured out how to grab a drink from a park water fountain. We ...

First, these parrots learned to open trash cans to forage for food. Now, they’ve taken it a step further – and have figured ...

The birds, which have also opened trash bins, were filmed operating fountain handles with complex maneuvers. Researchers say ...

They had also learned how to flip open garbage lids in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Scientists wonder what they’ll work ...

Birds in Sydney’s western suburbs have figured out how to get a sip from the fountains, even though they have access to nearby streams ...

A team of researchers in Australia published a paper about how the population of sulphur-crested cockatoos in Sydney have ...

But that’s not all these birds can do. A similar group of Australian “cockies” are also figuring out the mechanics of drinking fountains in public parks. This isn’t simply pressing a ...

In parks and reserves in western Sydney, stopping for a drink may take just a little bit longer. Across the Australian playgrounds, sports fields and public spaces, twist-handled water fountains ...

Credit: Klump et al., Biology Letters Wild cockatoos in Sydney, Australia have learned to drink from twist-handle water fountains, turning the knob with their feet and using their body weight to ...

The cockatoos in western Sydney, in particular, caught scientists’ attention with their latest trick of drinking from public fountains. After researchers first noticed this phenomenon in 2018 ...