In Europe, the word “crow” is used to refer to the carrion crow or the hooded crow, while in North America it is used for the American crow or the northwestern crow. Recent research has found ...

We demonstrate this geometric understanding in an animal, the carrion crow. Crows were trained to detect a visually distinct intruder shape among six concurrent arbitrary shapes. The crows were ...

All-black carrion crow nestlings from a German population west of the hybrid zone. When crossing the zone, plumage colouration changes rapidly to the grey-coated hooded type. Disclaimer ...

A Japanese carrion crow examines the fruit of its labors On the Pacific island of New Caledonia, the crows demonstrate a tool-making, and tool using, capability comparable to Palaeolithic man’s.

Each of the seven crow species that occur in Ireland have a lot of very similar traits, including an impressive ability to ...

One can hardly say that "the eagle has landed" in the manner of spy thrillers. Intel coding for movement to India of a despised terrorist would be more like, "the carrion crow has been shackled".

Over the course of my TV career to date, I’ve had a fair few animal encounters. I’ve taught pigs how to navigate a maze. I’ve had my hands bitten by hundreds of leafcutter ants. But for me ...

History is a ruthless excluder. We remember some artists and not others, and it is not always entirely down to talent. In exploring the life of his great-great-uncle, Maynooth University professor ...