For jackdaws—black and gray relatives of crows—family comes first, according to a recent study published last month in Nature Communications. Scientists put these cognitively complex birds to the test ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The lives of corvid, or the family of birds that include crows, are ...

Crows, jays, ravens, magpies and their various other relatives (nutcrackers, choughs, jackdaws, etc.) belong to the taxonomic family Corvidae. It’s a sizeable family of about 130 species — a smaller ...

Years ago, I lived in the English midlands and would walk the same route along the local canal each evening. On winter evenings, I would see the familiar sight of bird flocks dancing across the ...