I write about the world of biology. Crows endemic to New Caledonia happen to be extremely smart, proving to be among the most ... [+] intelligent birds, with scientific research shedding light on ...

Now, researchers propose that, unlike humans, New Caledonian crows don’t copy older members of the species to learn their trade but pick up tool making by taking a mental snapshot of the final product ...

All known human languages display a pattern known as Zipf’s law. Now, researchers have found the same pattern in whale song.