Crows are often considered among the most intelligent bird species in the world, due in part to having the largest brain-to-body ratio of all birds. These members of the Corvus genus mate for life, ...

During a period from 1997 to 2009, when now-retired Indiana State University ecology professor Peter Scott’s classes would conduct annual crow counts, the size of the local murder — yes, that is the ...

Crows gather Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, along Martin Luther Jr. Drive in Allentown. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call) Crows gather Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, along Martin Luther Jr. Drive in Allentown. (April ...

Tabithah Polinske was about to hop into her car and run an errand when she became mesmerized by thousands of crows crisscrossing the Minneapolis sky. The trees in her Phillips neighborhood were thick ...

Crows often gather around dead members of their species—a behavior researchers interpret as a communal learning and warning system. Photo: Getty Images Crows, ravens, and magpies exhibit many ...

In the evenings, they fly loudly over our cities, circle over parks, and suddenly settle by the hundreds in bare trees. For some, it seems like a scene from a horror movie—for biologists, it’s a ...