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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 ...

Math isn't just a human thing. All kinds of animals, from African grey parrots to chimpanzees, are thought to have some kind of mathematical ability, but it can be hard to test. Now, a new study finds ...

Crows, along with other members of the Corvidae family, are some the smartest animals on Earth. A new study shows that crows, in this case the carrion crow, can count out loud just like human toddlers ...

Crows are able to look at a handful of four-sided shapes and correctly distinguish those that exhibit geometric regularity from those that don't, according to a provocative new study. It's the first ...

Scientists trained three carrion crows to produce one, two, three or four vocalizations based on various visual or auditory cues. pete beard via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 DEED Carrion crows, European ...

A study finds that carrion crows can be taught to count and make vocalizations that indicate the number counted, much in the same way that human... Crows can count out loud like human toddlers — when ...