Love of fast food has led intelligent crows to fashion elaborate hook tools from twigs, a study has shown. Famously clever New Caledonian crows are known for their ability to winkle beetle grubs out ...

As recently as 60 years ago, we humans believed we were the only animals on Earth that could use tools. That impression was proved wrong in 1960 when famed primatologist Jane Goodall observed ...

A research team at the University of Tübingen demonstrates experimentally how crows learn to dexterously handle a stick with their beak and use it for precise food retrieval Animal training can teach ...

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 ...

Crows are highly intelligent. They can recognize faces, hold grudges, and even recognize cars. Crows cache food, and will move it if another creature sees them hiding it. They use tools, and fashion ...

Crows endemic to New Caledonia happen to be extremely smart, proving to be among the most intelligent birds, with scientific research shedding light on their exceptional mental faculties. When we ...

Many animals, including crows, chimps, orangutans, and octopuses, have mastered what we once thought was a humans-only trick: using tools. A lot of research on the subject has focused on how animals ...

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 ...