Carrion crows (Corvus corone corone) are unbelievable birds! They can form complex societies, where relatives live together and cooperate in raising the chicks and defending the territory. Such intense social life is correlated with surprising cognitive capacities that rival those of many primates.
Exploring the word of crows is an endless adventure.

Vittorio Baglione
   


In the "Sobarriba" upland you can observe not only cooperative crows, but a great variety of wild bird and mammal species


Read about our current research lines and about the new questions we are trying to answer



ADIBECO - Animal Diversity, Behavior & Conservation  



   
   
 
At the moment, we are in the field looking for crows...

 
 



NEW - WE ARE FEATURED IN NATURE STORY - AI decodes the calls of the wild  

        - A crow story on nature news:
          lazy crows pitch in when counts

        - An interview with Dr Vittorio Baglione
          at IE University during Science Week 2009

         - New publications
       
         
         - Our Collaborators online

 
       
 


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