Okayama University: Why are crows pitch black? — The secret to their blackness was a 'non-stopping switch'

Okayama University, a national regional core and distinctive research university headquartered in Kita-ku, Okayama City, comprises 10 faculties/1 program, 7 graduate schools, 4 research institutes, an affiliated hospital, and affiliated schools. As a recipient of the government's first "Japan SDGs Award" Special Prize and a university selected for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's "Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities with Regional Core and Distinctive Characteristics (J-PEAKS)," Okayama University aims to realize its Vision 2050 and continues to create new value from Okayama to the world.