Q: Crows and ravens Are the large black birds flying throughout the metro area crows or are they ravens? How can you tell the difference between the two? – Harold Brookman Gardena The birds ...

It's not just "Nevermore": Ravens near an Alaskan construction site learned to imitate the sound of explosions. Among themselves, ravens use 80 distinct types of calls; crows, about 30. What they ...

In the rare instances when both crows and ravens are seen together, such as at a deer carcass, the immense size of the raven is immediately striking. Furthermore, its beak is much thicker, and its ...

Look at the tail: Ravens have a distinct wedged-shaped tail, while crows' tails are shorter and more squarish. And listen. I was taken aback when a couple of my friends said that all big black birds ...

Curt Stager and Martha Foley discuss ravens and crows on Natural Selections. Martha: When I was in college, which was a while ago in the '70s, I took an ornithology course and to see a raven was ...