These birds may not have evolved to use tools in the wild, but carrion crows, a member of the crow (Corvid) family, have now shown they’re more than capable of learning how. In a study recently ...

A crow named Tippi at the Cincinnati Zoo has demonstrated remarkable intelligence by sorting colored shapes into matching bowls with precision and even correcting its own mistake. Experts note that ...

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 ...

A Hawaiian crow on the edge of extinction has joined the elite group of birds known to use tools. Understanding the Alala crow's newly discovered talent could aid attempts to save the critically ...

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 ...

New Caledonian crows are known for their toolmaking, but Alex Taylor and his colleagues wanted to understand just how advanced they could be. Once, in captivity, when a New Caledonian male crow had ...