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 ...
Crows do not just fly around scavenging but they also solve puzzles, make tools, remember faces and pass down knowledge ...
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Magpie vs crow: Which is actually smarter?

Both magpies and crows belong to the corvid family, a group renowned for exceptional intelligence that rivals primates in ...
Researchers trace the areas of the brain that are active when birds are using tools. Crows are the coolest. I live in coastal Washington, and I always enjoy watching the contrast between the crows and ...
The ability to plan for future events is one of the defining features of human intelligence. Whether non-human animals can plan for specific future situations remains contentious: despite a sustained ...