Crows do not just fly around scavenging but they also solve puzzles, make tools, remember faces and pass down knowledge ...

A study of New Caledonian crows, which use sticks to fish beetle larvae out of tree trunks, shows exactly how advantageous tool use can be for animals. "Evolutionarily, animals that use tools have an ...

In the early 20th century, scientists maintained that one of the fundamental differences between animals and humans is that ...

Researchers trace the areas of the brain that are active when birds are using tools. Crows are the coolest. I live in coastal Washington, and I always enjoy watching the contrast between the crows and ...

Both magpies and crows belong to the corvid family, a group renowned for exceptional intelligence that rivals primates in ...

Besides being dark and mysterious, crows are extremely intelligent birds. So smart, in fact, that it might be a little bit scary. Even though their brains are the size of a human thumb, their ...

The ability to plan for future events is one of the defining features of human intelligence. Whether non-human animals can plan for specific future situations remains contentious: despite a sustained ...

Crows are widely recognised for their advanced problem-solving skills, strong memory, and remarkable adaptability.

Some years ago, a bird researcher visited a famous institute that deals with primate cognition to give a talk. When the director of the institute introduced the bird researcher and his talk, he used ...