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Crows and ravens exhibit remarkable cognitive abilities, mirroring human intelligence in memory, problem-solving, and social ...

Corvus splendens — Corvus meaning ‘raven’ in Latin and splendens meaning ‘shining’ or ‘brilliance’ — is a fitting name for the strikingly intelligent birds that house crows are. Crows have long ...

Researchers have made startling discoveries in recent years about a crow’s ability to communicate, solve problems, remember people, and use tools. What they’re discovering about crow brains is ...

In their first experiment, Marzluff’s team captured seven fledgling crows while wearing caveman masks. The birds remembered the experience and each time someone walked across campus wearing the ...

One … five … nine … 100 … 130 … I was stuck in a parking lot on Upper Valley Road on the west side of Springfield.

Animal training can teach carrion crows to use a stick tool to retrieve food. With increasing practice, they not only demonstrate great skill and achieve their objective in a few steps, they also ...

Birds are brilliant animals, and crows are among the most intelligent. They’re often too smart for their own good, and they are capable of recognizing and remembering people they interact with. That’s ...

Several years ago, Christian Rutz started to wonder whether he was giving his crows enough credit. Rutz, a biologist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and his team were capturing wild New ...

THEY ASKED ME to write about crows. I was skeptical. Aren’t we all skeptical of crows? I told my wife that they wanted me to write about crows, and she was definitely skeptical. “Don’t do it,” she ...