Using tools in the animal kingdom is a rare ability, something that only a few species have been able to demonstrate. It now seems that another bird is set to join this select few, as the Hawaiian ...

Crows have an unspoken motto: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but they sure can come in handy. Two new studies unveil the ability of at least some crows to use tools in sophisticated ways, ...

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 ...

The critically endangered Hawaiian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis) has now been found to be a “highly dexterous tool user,” say the authors of a Nature study, an international team of scientists and ...

In New Caledonia, an island off the eastern coast of Australia, a crow is hunting for beetle grubs. The larvae are hidden within a decaying tree trunk, which might seem like an impregnable fortress.