Because crows and ravens are omnivores, they will eat everything from insects and small mammals to carrion. Their ability to deal with pests likely more than makes up for any damage they do to ...

Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the common raven of the Holarctic ... In Europe, the word “crow” is used to refer to the carrion crow or the hooded crow ...

A new study finds that carrion crows can recognize geometrical shapes, a skill previously seen only in humans.

Carrion crows and humans line up patiently ... Biologists already knew the corvid family–it includes crows, ravens, rooks, magpies and jackdaws–to be among the smartest of all birds.