Corvids are often associated with myths and prejudices. However, anyone who observes them more closely quickly recognizes their extraordinary intelligence and social skills. For example, crows can ...

Here are some of the smartest birds in the world, and what makes them so intelligent. Members of the Corvidae family include birds like crows, ravens, jays, and magpies. These birds are ...

The New Caledonian crow can lay claim to being one of the world’s cleverest birds. It can put two sticks together to make a rod to “fish” for food. The corvid’s dazzling propensity for ...

Crows are incredibly intelligent birds that are capable of recognizing individual humans. But building trust with a crow goes ...

But perhaps you’ve noticed a common theme with those examples: they’re all corvids and parrots, aka the smartest birds we know of. If we looked at other species – say, the emus, rheas ...

Because they are omnivorous — they will eat just about anything — corvids (crows, jays, and magpies) prey upon live animals, ...

Hodgson has been “fascinated” with ravens for years: “All corvids are so extraordinary, and their attributes are compelling. They are very charismatic birds.” They are also intertwined ...

Flow, which the self-taught director made for $3.5m, beat Pixar and DreamWorks to take the Academy Award for best animated feature ...

Another corvid, a blue jay, was ready to make a move, too. (The other two roadkill sites near here this winter also had an uncommon member of this bird family: a black-billed magpie.) The birds ...