Crows are objectively awesome-leaving gifts for humans who prove themselves worthy, exploring interspecies friendships and learning to count-and a new study on corvid intelligence published in Science ...

The basic concept of human intelligence entails self-awareness alongside the ability to reason and apply logic to one’s actions and daily life. Despite the very fuzzy definition of ‘human intelligence ...

Crows do not just fly around scavenging but they also solve puzzles, make tools, remember faces and pass down knowledge across generations. Scientists now believe crows possess a level of intelligence ...

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 ...

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 ...

Crows are living proof that the term "bird-brained" should be considered a compliment, not an insult. While it's hard to draw a direct comparison between human and animal intelligence, crows ...

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