A group of crows is called a 'murder,' a noun of assemblage popularized in the 1400s. The term 'murder' stems from crows' association with battlefields and death omens. Other terms for a group of ...
What began as a simple bedtime story created by a mother for her son has grown into a children’s book with an important message — your voice matters. Transcona-based author Taylore O’Neail recently ...
Crows and ravens exhibit remarkable cognitive abilities, mirroring human intelligence in memory, problem-solving, and social awareness. Their capacity to recognize faces, recall past events with ...
The other morning, I was on a walk when I saw the most peculiar sight. Half a dozen crows were darting back and forth from a walnut tree to the sidewalk, dive-bombing the road in between. Walnut ...
Edgar Allan Poe never lived in the Inland Northwest, but the jet-black bird he featured in his famous poem sure does. The common raven, with its hulking, goth-like appearance and croaking voice, can ...
Noosa Council is warning Hastings Street visitors to take precautions to avoid being attacked by a swooping crow. The crow targets dog walkers in particular. As tourists traverse Noosa's famed ...
James Comey strikes back Officials in Massachusetts respond after Trump threatens to remove World Cup games from Boston He was singing to an empty restaurant. Then strangers joined in and it went ...
We all know crows are incredibly smart, but did you know they can be friendly, too? TikToker Angelina Crowlie (@margotwood) shared a sweet video showing how she befriended a neighborhood crow and what ...
Until the 21 st century, birds were largely dismissed as simpletons. How smart can you be with a brain the size of a nut? And yet the more we study bird intelligence, the more those assumptions are ...
The notion that crows and ravens might reward humans who provide them food motivated the title of the book Tony Angell and I recently published (Gifts of the Crow; 2012 Simon and Schuster). When I ...