Scientists who studied a cockatoo whose dances have been viewed millions of times on YouTube believe the bird bops similarly to humans, unlike other species including monkeys. You might know Snowball ...

Over the past few years, cockatoo video blogging has become popular on YouTube. I started watching bird videos a few years ago and watched a few cockatoo owners grow their YouTube channels from just a ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3b8xBA19ms Do cockatoos really dance to the music? Or are they just faking it? I sent last week's post to a few ornithologists and ...

A cockatoo who became a YouTube sensation for his dancing has added a bunch of new moves to his repertoire. Snowball became a social media star in 2007 thanks to a YouTube video of him rocking out to ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WakZWm4xXv0John Pepper might not believe that dancing cockatoos really are dancing, but maybe he's just a wet blanket. What about Leo ...

Similar cockatoos were recently observed learning to open trashcan lids. But that’s not all these birds can do. A similar group of Australian “cockies” are also figuring out the mechanics of drinking ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. More than a decade ago, a medium sulfur-crested (eleonora) ...

A curious species of Indonesian parrot can learn to make and use wooden tools -- and this innovation can be successfully spread from the inventor to others. The work, published in Proceedings of the ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...