Researchers from the Messerli Research Institute tested the birds' problem-solving skills through eight different food challenges. To their surprise, they found that the birds quickly learned to solve ...

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Research conducted by zoologists at Britain's Oxford University and the University of Vienna in Austria has highlighted the technical skills of five New Caledonian crows and six kea parrots. The crows ...

A British garden bird has been found to possess the ability to solve problems and mimic human voices, according to a professor's research. The cognitive abilities of several common species have been ...

Many people head for the city to make their fortune, and now it seems that living in urban areas can give your prospects a boost - if you're a bullfinch at least. Researchers have found that birds ...

New Caledonian crows have given scientists yet another display of their tool-using prowess. Scientists from New Zealand's University of Auckland have found that the birds are able to use three tools ...

A test of songbirds' problem-solving skills has revealed how traffic noise impairs the animals' abilities. Scientists set zebra finches a "battery of foraging tasks" in the presence or absence of the ...