For the care and feeding of its offspring, the common cuckoo outsources ... and lays one of her own—a behavior known as brood parasitism. Sometimes potential victims revolt.

Avian brood parasitism is a fascinating phenomenon where certain bird species ... A study on the African cuckoo finch revealed that the host-specific egg mimicry is maternally inherited, which ...

For hosts of brood parasitic birds, the costs of parasitism range from diminished nestling growth rate, due to competition with larger and more competitive parasitic offspring (cowbirds ...

The common cuckoo is a parasite, as are many of its cousins in ... but you can rest easy knowing that a 13-inch-long bird isn't going to try to take up residence in your intestines.

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 ...

Roughly 40% of cuckoo bird species are "brood parasites." Instead of building its own nest, the cuckoo infiltrates the roosts of other birds and hides its egg among those of the host. Because of ...

R. Blažek et al., “Success of cuckoo catfish brood parasitism reflects coevolutionary history and individual ... Experts from the Women’s Brain Foundation and bit.bio will explore the importance of ...

Cuckoo catfish are extraordinarily shy, and their eggs are little bigger than a pinhead. On top of this the parasitism behaviour is highly unpredictable, so seeing, let alone filming it ...

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 ...