The third option—to sus things out before committing to a feeling—always involves a cat because they have *opinions.* That ...

Think you've got better moves than a parrot? New research suggests you may want to reassess that. A study published in PLOS One has catalogued 30 distinct dance moves performed by cockatoos, with 17 ...

Think only humans dance? Think again! Parrots, like cockatoos, groove to music with diverse movements, linked to their ...

When cockatoos sway to music, there’s apparently more to it than mere instinct. A study delves into this behavior and examines what can actually trigger dancing in cockatoos. The birds display up to ...

Experts from Australia's Charles Sturt University (CSU) studied cockatoo dance behavior through online videos and a zoo playback experiment, identifying new moves such as head-banging, sidestepping, ...

Head banging and body rolls are just some of the new moves scientists from Charles Sturt University in Australia have ...

Cockatoo birds are renowned in Australia for their raucous singing, but researchers said Thursday they also boast an ...

Cockatoos can headbang, body roll and sidestep intentionally to music according to a new study. One bird recorded 257 dance moves while listening to music for 20 minutes.

They ended up with 45 videos of 45 different dancing cockatoos, which they analyzed to identify specific dance moves. The ...

A proclivity for dancing seems to be found in at least 10 species of cockatoo, and the birds will even jive to white noise or ...