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 ...

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 ...

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 ...