The cover of the Sept. 15 issue of the scientific journal 'Nature' features the Hawaiian crow, known as the 'ʻalalā' in the Hawaiian language. A team led by Christian Rutz, a professor in the School ...

A research team at the University of Tübingen demonstrates experimentally how crows learn to dexterously handle a stick with their beak and use it for precise food retrieval Animal training can teach ...

As recently as 60 years ago, we humans believed we were the only animals on Earth that could use tools. That impression was proved wrong in 1960 when famed primatologist Jane Goodall observed ...

Many animals, including crows, chimps, orangutans, and octopuses, have mastered what we once thought was a humans-only trick: using tools. A lot of research on the subject has focused on how animals ...

Discover how the New Caledonian crow uses tools for hunting, showcasing avian smarts in its quest for beetle grubs. In New Caledonia, an island off the eastern coast of Australia, a crow is hunting ...