Common ravens, Corvus corax, were formerly known as northern ravens. They are magnificent birds: large, glossy, black, intelligent and playful, that are not to be confused with their cousins, American ...

One is larger, smarter, and perhaps more vocally complex than the other. Olivia Young is a writer, fact checker, and green living expert passionate about tiny living, climate advocacy, and all things ...

The members of the crow family, which includes crows, jays, magpies and ravens, are a group of highly social and highly intelligent birds. Many researchers believe this to be the most intelligent ...

There's probably something in your world that makes you go "Hmmm..." Our feature OKI Wanna Know is a chance for you to get an answer. This week, WVXU's Bill Rinehart enters the world of birds. Spence ...

What is it about crows, ravens, and Halloween? Todd Moe talks with Cornell ornithologist Dr. Kevin McGowan, who has spent 30 years studying crows.... Oct 31, 2014 — What is it about crows, ravens, and ...

The two species undertook a rapid expansion across the planet during their evolution, during which time they left other members of their group, the corvidae, including jays, magpies and jackdaws, ...

"Nevermore," quoth the raven in Edgar Allan Poe's eponymous poem. "No more," quoth Bay Area residents, sick of the bird's squawking and propensity for pooping on windshields. The population of ravens ...

They’re smart and resourceful — and they’re flocking to Bay Area cities in record numbers. They know this is where all the opportunity is these days. Crows and ravens were once rare in urban areas, ...

Biologist Stacia Backensto has fooled a raven. When trying to recapture birds on Alaska’s North Slope during her graduate student days at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, she wore a moustache and ...

I was driving home from Sturgeon Bay when, a half mile before reaching my home, I saw a large dark bird soaring over a field.

Before I start in on my subject this week, I feel I need to amend my last column. Last time I wrote about the feisty rufous hummingbird and noted that they had the longest migration of any bird in the ...

It’s not exactly “The Birds,” but a proliferation of native ravens and crows in Marin and around the state has some environmentalists concerned about damage to the ecosystem because of the smart, ...