Hawaiian crows are among the world's only birds with an ability to forage for food using tools, scientists have said. While crows are known to be particularly smart, this rare and remarkable behaviour ...

A captive Hawaiian crow (‘Alal?) using a stick tool to extract food from a wooden log. The critically endangered Hawaiian crow can use sticks to deftly fish for food that is out of reach, according to ...

They may once have been feared symbols of death, but crows are actually one of the most intelligent animals on the planet. Researchers have discovered that despite being critically endangered, the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An endangered crow species from Hawaii that already is extinct in the wild displays remarkable proficiency in using small sticks and other objects to wrangle a meal, joining a ...

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As recently as 60 years ago, we humans believed we were the only animals on Earth that could use tools. That impression was proved wrong in 1960 when famed primatologist Jane Goodall observed ...

Dr Christian Rutz described his realisation that the crows might use tools as a 'eureka moment', A bird so rare that it is now extinct in the wild has joined a clever animal elite - the Hawaiian crow ...

New Caledonian crows may find tool use fun, according to a new study. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Getting food is nice. But scoring that food through clever tool use is even ...

The tail-mounted cameras capture the view from beneath each crow's belly (footage: J Troscianko, C Rutz) Ecologists have used a tail-mounted "crow cam" to catch wild New Caledonian crows in the act of ...

A Hawaiian crow on the edge of extinction has joined the elite group of birds known to use tools. Understanding the Alala crow's newly discovered talent could aid attempts to save the critically ...