Billions of periodical cicadas emerge every 13 or 17 years in the eastern United States, creating an all-you-can-eat buffet for birds. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images When huge broods of cicadas ...

Birds will sometimes care for the offspring of other birds of their own species if they anticipate future benefits. Being tolerated in another bird's territory and the chance to inherit that territory ...

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When danger approaches, many creatures seem to follow the ancient proverb that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” For ...

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A mysterious deadly disease that was killing thousands of blue jays, robins, starlings and other songbirds across the mid-Atlantic US this summer seems to be subsiding, according to wildlife experts.

The Department of Natural Resources is seeking assistance from the public over the coming months to provide data for two Wisconsin wildlife surveys. Operation Deer Watch is held Aug. 1 through Sept.

Eye size likely plays a role in the contest between avian brood parasites -- birds that lay their eggs in the nests of other species -- and their hosts, who sometimes detect the foreign eggs and eject ...

Normal winter conditions, combined with a slightly earlier spring greening during 2014-15 have contributed to positive breeding and nesting conditions for ruffed grouse, pheasant and wild turkeys, ...

“Do birds reuse their nests? asks Birds & Blooms reader Liza Peniston of Augusta, Kansas. The short answer is that it depends on the species. Some large birds may use the same nest for years, but most ...

One of the most interesting topics discussed in my Ornithology class was about the “con artists” found in nature… Brood parasitism occurs when a female bird (the parasite) lays her eggs in the nest of ...

Conspecific brood parasitism (CBP), whereby females lay eggs in the nests of other conspecifics, occurs in over 200 species of birds. As an alternative tactic to typical nesting, CBP expands and ...