From the magpie in the garden at home to the mystical raven in the woods – corvids are fascinating and intelligent animals. But how can you tell whether a bird is a raven or a crow? How does the ...

The notion that crows and ravens might reward humans who provide them food motivated the title of the book Tony Angell and I recently published (Gifts of the Crow; 2012 Simon and Schuster). When I ...

And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten…” Leviticus 11:13 That passage is refereeing to ravens ...

The narrator of Edgar Allen Poe’s poem, The Raven, struggles to deal with the loss of his love, Lenore, and is haunted by her death. The presence of a raven at his window adds a sinister element to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. They’re ravens, not crows. Though both inky black, ravens are roughly 50% ...

The common raven is one of my favorite birds and I am thankful that raven populations have increased in recent decades. While ...