Crows and ravens are often confused with each other. In comparison, there are enough similarities in physical features and terminology to believe that these birds are, in fact, the same.

Crows and ravens may look similar, but they have distinct differences. Ravens are larger with chunkier beaks, longer shaggy feathers on their necks, deeper croaks, and more acrobatic flight patterns.

Can a crow—or any bird—make decisions of this sort? Researchers studying crows, ravens, and other corvids (the family of songbirds that includes crows, jays, rooks, magpies, and others ...

I find it fascinating to think about the heat given off by thousands of crows in trees. We’ve probably all seen the shots ...

Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the common raven of the Holarctic region ... tool use but also tool construction. Crows are now considered to be among the world ...

That said, these crows aren’t the only smart members of the Corvidae family. Ravens, magpies and even common urban crows have demonstrated impressive feats of intelligence, from using traffic ...

Study of vocalizations, bill structure and size, tail shape, and overall structure of this species will greatly aid in the identification of other crows and ravens. Regional variation in size of ...

Common ravens are larger than American crows, and are more likely to be found in rural, undeveloped, forested areas. The voices are usually diagnostic, with ravens typically making deep “croaks ...