In fact, social monogamy is extremely common in birds and somewhat common in mammals, while sexual monogamy is vanishingly ...

Settlement subsequently increased the cowbird population and brought cowbirds into contact with many forest species that historically had not faced brood parasitism before. Because cowbird eggs ...

Brood XIV, the latest group of buzzing cicadas, are emerging this spring. This time, billions of them will hit in at least 12 states, experts say. This brood, Brood XIV, is considered the second ...

After 17 years in hiding, billions of cicadas in Brood XIV are expected to emerge soon and infiltrate more than a dozen states. According to USA Today, the buzzing brood typically emerges from the ...

Billions of cicadas will appear later this spring across 12 states, experts say, as the second largest “brood” of the noisy insects emerges for the first time in 17 years. Brood XIV ...

A cicada is a large insect with long transparent wings that makes a loud, shrill droning noise. They spend most of their life underground, until they emerge, mate, reproduce and start the cycle ...

This population crash was primarily due to habitat loss and brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds. Thanks to intensive conservation efforts, including habitat management, cowbird control, and ...