Crows really enjoy using tools, researchers find. New Caledonian crows may find tool use fun, according to a new study. By NALA ROGERS | INSIDE SCIENCE . August 3, 2019, 8:39 AM. 6:00.

New Caledonian crows are famous for their ability to craft sticks into hooked tools, which they use to probe for larvae and insects hidden in trees. But why they do this has been anyone’s guess ...

Two species on Earth are known to use hook-shaped tools: humans and New Caledonian crows. And now, for the first time, the people have caught the birds using them on camera.

Crows can spontaneously use up to three tools in the correct sequence to achieve a goal, something never before observed in non-human animals without explicit training. Sequential tool use has ...

Especially good tools were kept for future use. The crows were observed to eat an average of eight small items per hour, such as beetle larvae, small lizards and small fruits.

We can see the birds feeding just using their beaks, interacting with baby crows, and using tools. What's especially remarkable is that we now have solid evidence that crows make hooked tools.

So it used one tool to make another tool — and then used that tool to grab still another tool. That’s pretty sophisticated stuff. On New Caledonia, crows use other tools as hooks, too.

Adding to a sizzling debate among scientists over whether animals can think, an ecologist reported Wednesday that crows on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia routinely fashion leaves and twi… ...

According to Dr. Christian Rutz, whose University of St Andrews team was the first to identify species-wide tool use in Hawaiian crows in 2016, these island environments enabled these species to ...

British researchers say crows show a skill most mechanics would envy: They can learn to use tools without being taught.Zoologists at the University of Oxford say four New Caledonian crows raised ...

Crows are very social, have terrific memories and can use tools. May 12, 2021 More than 4 years ago Crows aren’t just natural cleanup crews that devour dead animals or discarded food.

Crows are highly intelligent. They can recognize faces, hold grudges, and even recognize cars. Crows cache food, and will move it if another creature sees them hiding it. They use tools, and ...