Palm Cockatoos are the rockstars of the bird world, but are their drumming displays an ancient instinct or a clever mimicry of human behaviour? Rob Heinsohn and Christina Zdenek report
Today on the show, All Things Considered co-host Mary Louise Kelly joins Regina G. Barber and Maria Godoy for our bi-weekly science roundup. They talk through some of the latest eye-catching science news, including the percussion-intensive mating life of cockatoos, what pink diamonds today tell us about the breakup of the ancient supercontinent Nuna and the latest on the Nipah outbreak in India.
Australia’s palm cockatoos are well-known for their unique love of drumming, but they don't just have great rhythm - they also each have their own sense of style when it comes to crafting their tools, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found. The male palm cockatoos, the animal kingdom's match for Ringo Starr or Phil Collins, craft their own drum