New on PLOS Ecology Blog: Another Tool-Using Crow

An international team of researchers and conservationists have found that Hawaiian crows use tools when foraging for food. However, Hawaiian crows are extinct in the wild; the entire population was brought into a captive breeding program when their numbers starting plummeting at the end of the 20th century. The team hopes knowledge of their natural tool-using behavior will help the reintroduction of Hawaiian crows, which begins in a few months.Read the whole story on the PLOS Ecology blog: Critically Endangered Hawaiian Crow Joins the Tool Users Club.