Clever birds figure out how to trick others into raising their kids A common Cuckoo chick in Reed Wablers nest waits to be fed with its mouth wide open, in this undated file photo. Getty Images — ...

Some birds accept freeloading cuckoo eggs into their nest rather than risk rejecting their own eggs, biologists show. Research led by Dr Naomi Langmore from the Australian National University in ...

A bird sighting on New York’s Long Island has avian enthusiasts flocking to the region in hopes of spotting a feathered friend that has never been seen before in the state. The common cuckoo is ...

An Australian native bird has been found by scientists to do something no other bird can - identify the chicks of an impostor in its nests, and abandon them. A study by Dr Naomi Langmore of Canberra's ...