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 ...

Crows rarely stay unnoticed for long. In cities, they watch traffic from electric wires, wait near food stalls, and seem oddly aware of human routines. In rural areas, they are remembered for ...

A new study shows that like humans, crows can recognize geometric regularity, making them the first nonhuman animal known to have this ability. Squares, triangles, circles - these geometric shapes ...

Crows have a sense of geometric intuition much like our own, a new study reveals. They can detect the 'odd one out' in a set of geometric shapes, and have an affinity for geometric regularity – shapes ...

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Birds are brilliant animals, and crows are among the most intelligent. They’re often too smart for their own good, and they are capable of recognizing and remembering people they interact with. That’s ...

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