Everyone knows about the remarkable cleverness of crows. Many have witnessed a cawing rascal ransack a trash can, rob a cat, raid a bird feeder, unzip a backpack, or snatch keys—or a slice of pizza—right from under someone’s nose. People are also familiar with their coordinated teamwork in small "criminal gangs" and their penchant for innocent pastimes like sliding down slopes or swinging on power lines. Are these birds truly so intelligent that they sometimes seem no less smart than we are? Or is their behavior merely the result of genetic programming or complex instincts? Can we seriously speak of crow intelligence, or is this just the naive speculation of amateurs? Yulia Dunaeva’s popular science book answers these questions, offering an engaging and accessible account of research by specialists studying the rudimentary reasoning abilities of crows and other birds. In laboratories around the world—including here in Russia—researchers present these clever birds with various problem-solving tasks and meticulously analyze the results. What conclusions do scientists reach as they attempt to read the minds of crows?