More than 30 million crows fly around the U.S., but the black birds may be among the least understood animals in the country. Now, new research is providing insight into their soaring intelligence and ...

), the most intelligent bird species in North America and perhaps the world, have at least 23 different inflections or combinations of "caw" and can mimic dogs, cats, human voices, chickens and other ...

Under achievers The notion of the clever crow has been delivered a blow with a New Zealand study showing the birds do not mentally plan how to "solve problems". Dr Alex Taylor, at the University of ...

Caledonian crows are famed for their smarts. They have been known to properly interpret reflections to find food and their ability to make and use tools rivals chimpanzees for sophistication. But ...

Crows are more clever than you might think. They use tools to get food, can plan ahead and even can remember human faces. Zoologists are fascinated with complex behaviors shaped by evolution, such as ...

Crows have an advanced way of thinking that enables them to develop new behaviours, say New Zealand researchers. Dr Alex Taylor and colleagues at the University of Auckland report their study of New ...

HOLDERNESS, N.H. - As the distressed cries of crows blare from a tape player, a group of hunters in training hunker in the brush, waiting for the varmint to swoop in. Before them, a perched, plastic ...