Imagine a bird so clever it crafts its own tools, a feathered genius whose very existence teeters on the edge of extinction.

The sight of tiny sparrows fluttering between the branches of a hedge is a quintessential part of a walk in the countryside. Just as the repetitive “tap-tap-tap” of the woodpecker, the ...

the most common bird found was the American crow — 20,000 strong, accounting for about half of the birds seen. The Christmas Bird Count was held in some areas in the region Dec. 31, New Year’s ...

To test the birds’ mathematical abilities, scientists in Germany placed two male carrion crows (Corvus corone) in front of a digital screen in a laboratory. They displayed six shapes on the ...

The Caledonian Crow uses a twig as a tool to extract grubs The woodpecker finch, a bird of the Galapagos ... In Japan, the common cuckoo recently switched to a new, unsuspecting host on which ...

Common ravens are closely related to American crows, the birds that Gabi Mann befriended. SOLVING PROBLEMS. The Bucks’ captive raven, Bran, took about 30 seconds to figure out that to get the ...

Unlike the usual parrot tricks, this crow speaks like a pro, saying words like “Papa” and “Kaka” in a human-like voice. Rescued three years ago by a woman named Tanuja Mukne, the bird has ...