In the previous [Round 1], we explained the "logical thinking" of crows, which craft their own tools, and the "linguistic and abstract abilities" of parrots, which manipulate human words and concepts.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most people walk past a crow without a second thought. The crow, however, does not return the favor. It watches, registers, and ...

If a crow has a bad experience with a particular person, simply disappearing from its view may not be enough to make the encounter irrelevant. Research suggests that American crows can learn to ...

Image of crow brain activity while viewing a dangerous and a caring person (top two rows). Most active areas are colored. "While observing behavior tells us something about how crows view us, it tells ...

Crow intelligence now includes geometry: a 2025 Science Advances study found crows are the first non-human animals to recognize geometric shapes, outperforming baboons. A crow-detective TTRPG launches ...

The most read news blog of 2013 over at the Nature publishing stronghold was a discussion of whether or not crabs and lobsters feel pain. Nature just released another nugget from the public research ...

Use it or lose it? Almost every student complains about school subjects they have to study that have no relevance to their future lives. Perhaps so. But think about it... What is so relevant about ...

Anyone who spends time in the close company of a pet knows how to read the emotions of another blood. When my border collie cowers, I know she is afraid, and when she bows, head down, butt up with ...