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 ...

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 ...

There is a huge variety of bird species in the animal kingdom that are unique and have different abilities, which makes them different from each other. Thus, some of these animals are smart and are ...

Some years ago, a bird researcher visited a famous institute that deals with primate cognition to give a talk. When the director of the institute introduced the bird researcher and his talk, he used ...

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 ...

Many animals have been studied and observed to have an incredible capacity for intelligence. Some of the most commonly cited examples of animal intelligence come from animals including primates, ...