Corvids, the family of birds that includes crows, rooks, ravens and magpies, are remarkably intelligent creatures. They have been known use tools, plan for the future, and recognize faces so well that ...

Crows are intelligent birds, often mistaken for other black-feathered species. This guide helps differentiate crows from five lookalikes. Brewer’s Blackbirds show iridescent hues. Ravens have ...

Some birds are so clever and industrious that they’ve got quasi-jobs picking up after humans. Puy du Fou, a history-based theme park in Les Epesses, France, has trained six rooks to pick up trash in ...

This week, the Puy du Fou theme park in western France put some new employees in the field: six trained rooks, members of the crow family, picking up small pieces of paper and cigarette butts in ...