Dubbed gorilla crow, a video of the bird—which is perched on its wings, like an ape on its forearms—has been shared over 100,000 times.

The American crow would probably not win any beauty contests for birds, not even among avid bird-watchers. Yet as its name implies, the bird is as American as apple pie and one of the most ...

Smokey the crow was Waterville’s top bird. The smart and mischievous crow made the front page of the newspaper when it died in 1952, Amy Calder writes. Posted January 22, 2017.

It certainly seems reasonable. These are smart birds, after all. American crows recognize faces, and have been seen gathering around dead crows in so-called “funerals”—and will attack humans that they ...