Wild chimpanzees use tools during some of the most cognitively and physically demanding foraging behaviors observed in non-human animals. While the behavioral changes that occur with aging have been ...

Scientists confirm that wild crows from New Caledonia in the South Pacific can craft tools.

Scientists confirm that wild crows from New Caledonia in the South Pacific can craft tools.

Researchers have documented wild crows creating and using hooked tools. While experiments in controlled settings have shown that New Caledonian crows, widely considered as one of the most ...

Many animals are known to make tools to help them find food or achieve other everyday goals, but advanced toolmaking skills are rarer. Now, wild cockatoos have been seen making sets of tools, each ...

A cockatoo from a species not known to use tools in the wild has been observed spontaneously making and using tools for reaching food and other objects.

Call it a GoCro. Cameras mounted on the tails of wild New Caledonian crows have caught these renowned tool-makers in the act of creating the hooked foraging implements from plants. New Caledonian ...

New Caledonian crows make a variety of tools in the wild. They will remove leaves and side branches from a twig and use it to gather food, for instance. New experiments show that young hand-raised ...

Until now, scientists had seen gorillas use tools only in captivity. Among the great apes, tool use in the wild was thought to be a survival skill reserved for smaller chimpanzees and orangutans.

Some wild cockatoos whittle tree branches into utensils that they use to open and dig into the seed-laden pits, or stones, of tropical fruit. This is the first known instance of wild, non-primate ...

Parrot in captivity manufactures tools, something not seen in the wild The mental ability needed for tool use may be more widespread than we think.