But cleverness is hard to define - animals have to contend with different challenges in life and what might be clever or ...

These birds may not have evolved to use tools in the wild, but carrion crows, a member of the crow (Corvid) family, have now shown they’re more than capable of learning how. In a study recently ...

In the early 20th century, scientists maintained that one of the fundamental differences between animals and humans is that ...

We now know that a wide variety of animals use tools, and some clever surprises are among them. 1 Examples involving invertebrates, reptiles, fish, birds, and mammals show different levels of ...

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 ...