Chances are, you've seen large, jet-black birds on lampposts or grabbing food off a road. Whether it's a crow or a raven ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. To find out, we asked some expert corvid researchers—corvids being the bird ...

If you’ve ever seen a group of crows gather around a fallen comrade and wondered why they’re there, you’re not alone. This phenomenon, often called a “crow funeral” is one of the most intriguing ...

According to resurfaced posts on social media, the town located about 20 miles southwest of Stockholm is currently training ...

Carrion crows and hooded crows are almost indistinguishable genetically, and hybrid offspring are fertile. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich biologists now show that the two forms have ...

I have often wondered whether it is an evolutionary accident that our planet ended up being ruled by apes. What would it have been like to live on a planet of the crows, with humans serving as mere ...

Our intelligence clearly surpasses those of our primate relatives, even though other apes and monkeys also rank within the highest tiers of animal smarts. Likewise, the corvids – the group of birds ...

Crows don’t just remember humans. Here’s a breakdown of how they form opinions, assign reputations and teach each other who to trust. If you’ve ever felt like a crow was watching you a little too ...

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Leo, an 18-year-old rook, is playing mind games. It’s a street-corner classic – cups and balls. Only this time the venue is the Comparative Cognition Laboratory in Madingley, Cambridge, and the ball ...