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 ...
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 ...
A crow named Tippi at the Cincinnati Zoo has demonstrated remarkable intelligence by sorting colored shapes into matching bowls with precision and even correcting its own mistake. Experts note that ...
New Caledonian crows are known for their toolmaking, but Alex Taylor and his colleagues wanted to understand just how advanced they could be. Once, in captivity, when a New Caledonian male crow had ...