Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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, ...

Sparks, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Sunny, a 47-year-old white umbrella cockatoo, has been a constant companion to Kevin Van Arkel for more than three decades. He said the bird serves as his emotional ...

“I was panicking. I drove all around here, asked all these people.” That’s what someone does when a family member disappears. That’s exactly what Terry Rusheen said he did when one of his prized ...

Exotic-bird trainer Terry Rusheen told NBC 7 last week that his cockatoo Fami disappeared while resting in a tree in El Cajon. This week, though, Rusheen got the bird back. On Dec. 29, Rusheen claimed ...

For years, scientists have known that wild cockatoos are unusually clever. These birds can open bins, solve simple puzzles, and even copy tricks from one another. Now, new research suggests they may ...

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.