Besides being dark and mysterious, crows are extremely intelligent birds. So smart, in fact, that it might be a little bit scary. Even though their brains are the size of a human thumb, their ...

Crows have long been known for their clever tricks, but new research shows they may be even smarter than we thought. Scientists have discovered that crows can recognize geometric patterns—a skill once ...

Crows have a sense of geometric intuition much like our own, a new study reveals. They can detect the 'odd one out' in a set of geometric shapes, and have an affinity for geometric regularity – shapes ...

As the year comes to an end, we’re all about letting go of grudges, right? Holding on to the past sometimes just seems silly.

Big, shiny black and highly intelligent, crows live all over the world. They are known for tight family relationships, crafty behavior, great eyesight, long life, intelligence and use of tools. Oh, ...

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Corvus splendens — Corvus meaning ‘raven’ in Latin and splendens meaning ‘shining’ or ‘brilliance’ — is a fitting name for the strikingly intelligent birds that house crows are. Crows have long ...

Crows are widely recognised for their advanced problem-solving skills, strong memory, and remarkable adaptability.

This week's question is, which is smarter, a snow goose or a crow? The question occurred to me as I watched crows begin their nest building and waited, in vain, for passing snow geese. At first blush, ...

I recently watched a "Nature" program about the intelligence of birds in the corvid family -- jays, crows, ravens, and magpies. The program focused on crows. You can ...

The crows planned their number of caws Liao and her colleagues trained three carrion crows, a European species closely related to the American crow, over more than 160 sessions. During the trainings, ...

(CNN) — Perhaps “birdbrained” isn’t such an insult after all –– crows, the ubiquitous urban bird, can vocally count up to four, the latest research has found. Not only can the inquisitive creatures ...