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 ...

Something happens at a certain city intersection every time the traffic slows. A black bird lands, drops something onto the road, and waits. It does not flinch when a car rolls over the object. It ...

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 ...

Carrion crows were observed using roads as a tool for opening walnuts. Instead of cracking every shell themselves, the birds ...

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 ...

An eight-year moorland experiment found golden plover breeding success roughly tripled where foxes and crows were controlled.

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 ...

Strolling through the streets of Rome takes on an added element of danger every spring, when carrion crows guarding their chicks swoop down to attack passing humans, regarding them as a danger. Humans ...