These birds may not have evolved to use tools in the wild, but carrion crows, a member of the crow (Corvid) family, have now shown they’re more than capable of learning how. In a study recently ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sara Tabin is a science contributor writing about animals. Sep 05, 2024, 08:48pm EDT Sep 06, 2024, 11:40am EDT Whale and bubble ...

Animal training can teach carrion crows to use a stick tool to retrieve food. With increasing practice, they not only demonstrate great skill and achieve their objective in a few steps, they also ...

Austrian researchers say they've found the first known example of tool use by cattle, courtesy of a Swiss-Brown cow named Veronika.

This post is in response to Unexpected Creative Tool Use By a Wild Wolf to Catch Crabs By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Veronika using the brush to scratch her back. Source: A. J. Osuna-Mascaró/with permission.

Picture a dolphin diving toward the seafloor with something odd on its nose. It is not a shell or a fish. It is a sea sponge.

A few years ago, during a taxi ride, the driver described to me how a pig had transformed his life. A childhood with dogs taught him what to expect from animals, yet he was unprepared for the pig he ...