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A rare Hawaiian crow that lives only in captivity can rival its famous, distantly related New Caledonian crow cousins in tool use. A paper in Nature shows that the Hawaiian animal is “a highly dexterous tool user” and can retrieve food from holes using sticks. Read the paper here: http://go.nature.com/00ySB | Nature

Extinct in the wild since 2002, the ‘alala, or Hawaiian crow, is making a comeback thanks to a dedicated conservation program. These rare birds, bred and trained in captivity, are now being released on Maui to help reestablish their presence in Hawaii’s forests and expand their habitat. | Inside Edition