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 ...

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University of New England provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Among birds, crows and ravens (or corvids) are the most intelligent. They have the largest brains for body size; they’re ...

Crows and their corvid kin have brains that, relative to their body size, are among the largest of any bird. Crows congregate in Burnaby, British Columbia. Research suggests that like humans and other ...

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Crows occupy branches of a tree on Broadway in Santa Cruz near the corner of Frederick Street. According to Cornell Lab of ...

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