But the seed-eating birds shouldn't be affected, and their nests and the cuckoo eggs in them can get through the caterpillar drought just fine. "By laying eggs in the nests of several species ...

and the brood parasite known as the cuckoo has used evolution to do the same thing. Because cuckoos lay their eggs in the nest of a host bird, the nestlings need to develop similar attributes to ...

The parents that inhabit the nest may mob the cuckoo mom, preventing her from dropping ... s an avid wildlife photographer, observed the birds’ behavior in 2014 in Amsterdam, where she lives.

The multiple open-cup nests (pictured below) are the work of many different birds, but have all been commandeered by the ...

Cuckoos are brood parasites who they lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species, a clever trick that spares the rearing and feeding of their own offspring. Why do other parent birds let ...

The yellow-billed cuckoo is sometimes called the "rain crow" because its song is often heard just before thunderstorms or summer showers. But this rare bird raises its voice less and less often in ...

When it comes to the questionable virtue of conformity, there is a marvelously astute quote by author Rita Mae Brown. She observed that: “The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you ...

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