In suburban Sydney, sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) previously figured out how to break into garbage bins and ...

It’s known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but it’s far more than a single cluster of human waste. There are multiple such “islands” in the planet’s waters — not just in the oceans ...

There, they have become expert recyclers, building their nests out of human trash. These plump, black-and-white birds have made themselves at home in the canals of central Amsterdam. There ...