IF THERE IS a harder working person in the wine business than David O’Reilly, I have yet to meet him or her. O’Reilly moved to Oregon about 20 years ago, did marketing for Elk Cove, where he met Peter ...

Crows, along with other members of the Corvidae family, are some the smartest animals on Earth. A new study shows that crows, in this case the carrion crow, can count out loud just like human toddlers ...

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Even among primates, humans’ lengthy “extended childhood” is unusual. But could it be the key to the success of our species? Scientists have long believed the years of childhood and adolescence, in ...

If you’ve ever seen a group of crows gather around a fallen comrade and wondered why they’re there, you’re not alone. This phenomenon, often called a “crow funeral” is one of the most intriguing ...

Crows are objectively awesome-leaving gifts for humans who prove themselves worthy, exploring interspecies friendships and learning to count-and a new study on corvid intelligence published in Science ...

Our intelligence clearly surpasses those of our primate relatives, even though other apes and monkeys also rank within the highest tiers of animal smarts. Likewise, the corvids – the group of birds ...

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This is unbelievable.