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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carrion crow (Corvus corone) perched on wooden fence post and calling. (Photo by: Sven-Erik Arndt/Arterra/Universal Images Group ...

Carrion crows were observed using roads as a tool for opening walnuts. Instead of cracking every shell themselves, the birds sometimes placed walnuts on the road in front of cars stopped at traffic ...

Crows, along with other members of the Corvidae family, are some the smartest animals on Earth. A new study shows that crows, in this case the carrion crow, can count out loud just like human toddlers ...

A trio of animal physiologists at the University of Tübingen, in Germany, has found that at least one species of crow has the ability to recognize geometric regularity. In their study published in the ...

Crows are arguably among the smartest creatures on the planet, possessing some cognitive abilities that rival those of 5- to 7-year-old human children. Now, a new study adds basic geometry to the list ...

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