Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The lives of corvid, or the family of birds that include crows, are ...

For jackdaws—black and gray relatives of crows—family comes first, according to a recent study published last month in Nature Communications. Scientists put these cognitively complex birds to the test ...

Years ago, I lived in the English midlands and would walk the same route along the local canal each evening. On winter evenings, I would see the familiar sight of bird flocks dancing across the ...

Humans tend to think that we are the most intelligent life-forms on Earth, and that we’re largely followed by our close relatives such as chimps and gorillas. But there are some areas of cognition in ...