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 ...
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 ...
New Caledonian crows have an instinctive ability to make and use tools, British researchers reported in this week’s issue of the journal Nature. They bred four crows in captivity and found all the ...