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1. This week in science: Nipah virus, Australian pink diamonds and how cockatoos mate

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Control, Distribution, Observations, Natural history, Spectra, Company distribution practices, Epidemics -- Control -- United States -- India -- Australia, Cockatoos -- Observations, Diamonds -- Natural history -- Spectra, Biological research, Geology, Mating behavior -- Observations, Nipah virus -- Control -- Distribution, Biology, Experimental, Diamond crystals -- Natural history -- Spectra, Courtship of animals -- Observations
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1200898132 BYLINE: MARIA GODOY HOST: MARY LOUISE KELLY MARY LOUISE KELLY: And it is time for this week's science roundup with our friends [...]

Published
2023

2. Did That Cockatoo Make a Knife?

Author

Incorvaia, Darren

Subjects
Social behavior in animals -- Observations, Cockatoos -- Observations, Tool use in animals -- Observations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The job, in these experiments, was getting a cashew out of a puzzle box. Cockatoos contain contradictions. ''They behave like gremlins,'' said Antonio Osuna-Mascaró, a biologist at the University of [...]

Published
2023

3. Putting on Airs: Lab-Trained Cockatoos Enlist in Battle of Wits With Country Cousins

Author

Gorman, James

Subjects
Cockatoos -- Observations, Animal social behavior -- Observations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Previous research suggested that spending a lot of time with humans might make animals more innovative. These birds had another idea. When it comes to cognitive testing, the Goffin's cockatoos [...]

Published
2020

4. Figaro, the Toolmaking Cockatoo

Author

Gorman, James

Subjects
Cockatoos -- Observations, Animal tool use -- Observations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The Goffin's cockatoo is a smart bird, so smart it has been compared to a 3-year-old human. But even for this species, a bird named Figaro stands out for his [...]

Published
2016

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