Crows and ravens are both black birds, but that’s about where the similarities end. The two birds are notorious for clashing with one another in the wild, and curious researchers from Cornell ...

For ages, humans and our ancestors have used tools to make hunting and gathering easier, and it was once thought that humans were among the only animals in the wild to harness this kind of ability, ...

Credit: Sarah Jelbert/PLOS One/CC BY 4.0 Did that crow just figure out how to get food out of that tube? Yeah, it did. What do you notice about what it did before getting the food? Why did it select ...

There is a lot to consider when judging the speeds of the world’s fastest birds. Speed can be measured in level flight and ...

Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’ talents for numerical abstraction — which may still differ from our own grasp of numbers.

When you think about the brainiacs of the animal world, chances are birds aren’t your first thought. They may be finely honed killing machines, epic world travelers, or beautiful singers. But clever?

The global search for the most intelligent animals has become one of science’s most captivating pursuits. From jungles to ...

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