Scientists have discovered how New Caledonian crows craft one of their most sophisticated tools yet - sticks with neatly-shaped hooked tips to snag insets. Adult crows, which are expected to have the ...

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 ...

Love of fast food has led intelligent crows to fashion elaborate hook tools from twigs, a study has shown. Famously clever New Caledonian crows are known for their ability to winkle beetle grubs out ...

These captive New Caledonian crows showed how they assembled a rod using two separate parts, a barrel and a plunger, without any help THIS video shows how these remarkable crows have learned how to ...

Crows are well known for their clever tricks but now they have been caught on camera making and using hook like tools. Ecologists fitted special tiny tail cameras that can see beneath the birds' ...

They are the craftiest of crows, known for their ability to adapt twigs into tools to help them eke out tasty morsels. Now biologists have revealed why New Caledonian crows go to such an extent to ...

Betty the crow wowed the world when she deftly bent a straight piece of garden wire into a neat hook to retrieve a bucket full of food. But experts may have to re-write textbooks on animal ...

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Researchers, led by Sarah Jelbert at the University of Cambridge, worked specifically with New Caledonian crows. These birds, native to the islands of New Caledonia east of Australia, are known for ...

Simply sign up to the Science myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. New Caledonian crows, cognitive champions of the avian world, have achieved another amazing feat of creativity: captive ...

Ecologists have used a tail-mounted "crow cam" to catch wild New Caledonian crows in the act of making and using hook-shaped tools. This species is well-known for its clever tool tricks, but studying ...

Crows are well known for their clever tricks but now they have been caught on camera making and using hook like tools. Ecologists fitted special tiny tail cameras that can see beneath the birds' ...