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 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 ...

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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 ...

Sulphur-crested cockatoo in the Bushland Shire, northern suburban Sydney. Image by Tatiana Gerus (CC BY 2.0) Sulphur-crested cockatoo in the Bushland Shire, northern suburban Sydney. Image by Tatiana ...

A Sydney council will be providing residents locks for their bins in an attempt to foil crafty cockatoos who have developed the ability to lift bin lids and wreak havoc on streets. Campbelltown City ...

Householders are calling for controversial wheelie bins on their estate to stop their bin bags being pecked open by birds. While many in Brighton and Hove are against the bins, residents of Beatty ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Sydney council has launched a trial in an attempt to stop bin-diving cockatoos from opening bins and creating a mess. Picture: ...