Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lot of Cockatoo parents compare their gorgeous birds to toddlers, as in they behave like toddlers, and can be needy like ...

“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 ...

A cockatoo destroyed anti-bird spikes placed on a ledge above a shopping center in Katoomba, Australia. Video shows the bird methodically ripping up the spikes and throwing them to the ground. The ...

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 ...