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 ...

A sulfur-crested cockatoo flips open the lid of a bin. Barbara Klump / Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior Sulfur-crested cockatoos don’t have the best reputation around their human neighbors in ...

Australia's sulphur-crested cockatoos have begun lift wheelie bin lids in order to scavenge for food — and they appear to be learning the trick by copying each other. Based on surveys of where people ...

Cockatoos have been the subject of scientific curiosity as their bin-searching shenanigans could demonstrate culture in animals. The novels of Jane Austen. The plays of Shakespeare. The symphonies of ...

A pair of blue tits forced smokers to dispose of their dog ends elsewhere after taking up residence in a cigarette bin. The birds nested in the bin at Norwich Research Park, and a notice was attached ...

Forget the space race. In Sydney, the innovation arms race is real. Humans and sulfur-crested cockatoos are battling over trash. The cockatoos, known to be trash-bin bandits, use an innovative ...