The crows of New Caledonia—a French territory in the South Pacific—are famous for their use of tools. Over the last decade, scientists have recorded the birds fashioning twigs into skewer-like ...

Crows' intelligence is truly impressive. Research by Corina Logan of UC Santa Barbara and collaborators at the University of Auckland in New Zealand shows how New Caledonian crows meet and beat ...

Researchers have documented wild crows creating and using hooked tools. While experiments in controlled settings have shown that New Caledonian crows, widely considered as one of the most intelligent ...

New Caledonian crows are famous for their ability to craft sticks into hooked tools, which they use to probe for larvae and insects hidden in trees. But why they do this has been anyone’s guess — ...

The super-smart New Caledonian crow tends to tip its head to one particular side when it is wielding tools. Researchers have figured out why. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to ...

Animal training can teach carrion crows to use a stick tool to retrieve food. With increasing practice, they not only demonstrate great skill and achieve their objective in a few steps, they also ...

The remarkable tool making of crows offers scientists a chance to search in other species for the equivalent of human handedness, say New Zealand researchers. New Caledonian crows make probes from ...

Birds may not be renowned for their intelligence but New Caledonian crows have an instinctive ability to make and use tools, researchers said on Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

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Just like humans, New Caledonian crows are particularly careful when handling their most valuable tools, according to a new study. The research reveals that crows are more likely to store relatively ...

Tool use among animals isn’t common, but it is spread widely across our evolutionary tree. Critters from sea otters to cephalopods have been observed using tools in the wild. In most of these ...

Two species on Earth are known to use hook-shaped tools: humans and New Caledonian crows. And now, for the first time, the people have caught the birds using them on camera. There are crows all over ...