Curious and patient, chatterboxes and fitness freaks, lazy parents and troublemakers. Isn’t it time to make a case for ...

The Sedge, Reed and Garden Warblers have returned from sub-Saharan Africa to join the early arrivals, the Chiff-chaff and ...

Imagine waking up to find your home ransacked, your precious belongings tossed aside, and your hard work undone—all for someone else’s benefit. In the wild world of birds, this shocking scenario plays ...

It’s such a common word in France that you want to at least avoid the confusion of thinking that someone is yelling 'cuckoo ... migratory bird "known for its spring song and parasitic habits ...

Many different creatures in the animal kingdom engage in alloparenting, where they help care for the young despite no ...

Birds are on the move and summer’s coming. Here are six birds to look out for in migration season.

Other birds, like the Greater Ani (a member of the cuckoo family), build large nests ... For example, Asian koels are brood parasites that infest the nests of other birds to lay their eggs.

The avian world is brimming with fascinating behaviors, and among the most intriguing is the practice of brood parasitism—where certain birds lay their eggs in the nests of other species. This unusual ...

Since then, Wallis has written other books, like "Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed ... Two of his best-known novels — "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," which was adapted into a film of ...

a flock of marbled wood quail call like a cuckoo clock striking the hour. The scrim of daytime sky gives way to a bright spangle of stars. The birders go off in search of other bird songs ...