HOLDERNESS, N.H. - As the distressed cries of crows blare from a tape player, a group of hunters in training hunker in the brush, waiting for the varmint to swoop in. Before them, a perched, plastic ...

Under achievers The notion of the clever crow has been delivered a blow with a New Zealand study showing the birds do not mentally plan how to "solve problems". Dr Alex Taylor, at the University of ...

Crows have an advanced way of thinking that enables them to develop new behaviours, say New Zealand researchers. Dr Alex Taylor and colleagues at the University of Auckland report their study of New ...

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 ...