More than 30 million crows fly around the U.S., but the black birds may be among the least understood animals in the country. Now, new research is providing insight into their soaring intelligence and ...

), the most intelligent bird species in North America and perhaps the world, have at least 23 different inflections or combinations of "caw" and can mimic dogs, cats, human voices, chickens and other ...

Under achievers The notion of the clever crow has been delivered a blow with a New Zealand study showing the birds do not mentally plan how to "solve problems". Dr Alex Taylor, at the University of ...

Researchers can now 'hitch a ride' with wild birds and witness their natural and undisturbed behaviour. Scientists developed miniaturised video cameras with integrated radio-tags that can be carried ...

I love it when animals can solve puzzles and problems that I can’t even figure out. Here’s a crow going through a bunch of different exercises to show its understanding of size, weight, density, the ...

Noel Kirkpatrick is an editor and writer based in Tacoma, Washington. He covers many topics, including animals, science, and the environment. It's easy for us humans to fish food out of jars with ...

HOLDERNESS, N.H. - As the distressed cries of crows blare from a tape player, a group of hunters in training hunker in the brush, waiting for the varmint to swoop in. Before them, a perched, plastic ...

The New Caledonian crow has surprised English researchers with its tool-making skills. The birds are already known for their tool-making behaviour in the wild. However, Professor Alex Kacelnik and his ...