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Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms race with humans?

CURRENT BIOLOGY (2022)

Animal behavior: Innovation in the city

Kristina B. Beck et al.

Summary: Behavioral innovations can help animals adapt to new environments, but capturing the process of how such behaviors start is challenging. A recent study has revealed the innovation and spread of a new foraging culture in urban parrots.

CURRENT BIOLOGY (2021)

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Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Innovation and geographic spread of a complex foraging culture in an urban parrot

Barbara C. Klump et al.

Summary: The behavior of wild sulphur-crested cockatoos opening household waste bins in Sydney demonstrates cultural adaptation to urban environments. Analysis of community science reports indicates that this behavior spread through social learning across multiple suburbs in Sydney, showing individual styles and site-specific differences. This example highlights the potential of culture to facilitate adaptive behavioral responses to anthropogenic change.

SCIENCE (2021)

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Article Behavioral Sciences