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 ...

Avian enthusiasts are flocking to New York after a common cuckoo was spotted in the state for the first time ever. The common cuckoo is typically found from Europe to Japan, with the majority of the ...

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 ...

For some birds, recognizing their own eggs can be a matter of life or death. In a new study, scientists have shown that many birds affected by the parasitic Common Cuckoo -- which lays its lethal ...

The cuckoo comes in April and sings his song in May, in the middle of June he changes his tune and in July he flies away. So the traditional song goes. But according to a growing body of anecdotal ...

Cuckoo—host interactions provide classical examples of coevolution. Cuckoos place hosts under selection to detect and reject foreign eggs, while host defences result in the evolution of host-egg ...

Scientists say they've finally solved the evolutionary puzzle of how cuckoos make their eggs look like those of other birds to trick them into raising their young. The researchers at the University of ...

Avian enthusiasts are flocking to New York after a common cuckoo was spotted in the state for the first time ever. But birders are going wild after one was recently spotted in Riverhead — a town on ...