The common raven (Corvus corax) is the type species of the genus Corvus and is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. It is the largest of these birds and is known as a scavenger and predator that ...

It's the size of a hawk. It's common only in wilderness areas. It's long since been driven out of settled areas by shooting and poisoning. I am speaking of the common raven. Raven pairs can be seen ...

I often hike in a nearby nature preserve that is adjacent to Beaver Creek in Columbiana County. The background music of birds is part of why I enjoy the experience, and I use Cornell University’s ...

Halloween celebrations and decorations bring spooky stories, ghosts and goblins. Along with the skeletons, tombstones and zombies, we often portray Halloween with the statues, pictures and sounds of ...

The common raven (Corvus corax) is a species of the genus Corvus and is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. These birds are scavengers and predators that can live in a variety of climates, from ...

There are two words for a group of ravens: an “unkindness” or a “conspiracy.” It’s fitting that there are multiple words to describe them collectively, as they are quite a tight-knit bunch. For many ...

After up to two million years of separate evolution, two types of common raven have been ‘caught in the act’ of consolidation, say scientists Speciation, where one species diverges into two, is a well ...

Crows and ravens are hard to tell apart, but basically, the common raven is bigger than the American and Northwestern crow. So, you might think that ravens would win in a fight. But that doesn’t seem ...