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WASHINGTON (AP) — A few years ago, a scientist in Sydney, Australia, noticed a sulfur-crested cockatoo opening his trash bin. Not every resident would be thrilled, but ornithologist Richard Major was ...

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 ...

The residents of a Sydney suburb have entered into a war with local wildlife: not snakes, spiders or crocodiles, but cockatoos. These birds have become pests in Sydney, Australia, breaking into ...

Human trash can be a cockatoo’s treasure. In Sydney, the birds have learned how to open garbage bins and toss trash around in the streets as they hunt for food scraps. People are now fighting back.

In Sydney, Australia, man and bird are waging a fierce battle over the most precious of resources: garbage. For the past several years, a team of scientists has studied sulphur-crested cockatoo ...

Residents of southern Sydney, Australia have been in a long-term battle over garbage—humans want to throw it out, and cockatoos want to eat it. The sulphur-crested cockatoos that call the area home ...

Sulfur-crested cockatoos are trash-can bandits in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Humans use tools to protect their bins, and the birds then go the extra mile to break in. By Bethany Brookshire ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - 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 ...