In her new book about cuckoos, Cynthia Chris details the extensive history of everyone's favorite feathery brood parasite.

As the title suggests, the species has a lot in common with the "common cuckoo." König is a passionate ornithologist and a big fan of this particular bird. As he drives Gretchen to his villa ...

In fact, these birds are so infamous for this sneaky practice that cuckoo is actually the root for the word “cuckold.” ...

When the cuckoo chick hatches ... a retired photo editor who’s an avid wildlife photographer, observed the birds’ behavior in 2014 in Amsterdam, where she lives. “The poor warbler almost ...

The yellow-billed cuckoo is sometimes called the "rain crow" because its song is often heard just before thunderstorms or summer showers. But this rare bird raises its voice less and less often in ...

Sometimes a bird species’ very survival depends on its ability to learn fast. Birds need to recognize a cuckoo egg dumped in their own nest and either throw out the strange egg or desert the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated 298,845 acres in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Texas and Utah as critical habitat for the western yellow-billed cuckoo. “We’re ...

They say birds of a feather flock together, but what are the chances of a robin and cuckoo sharing a bit of lunch? Well, County Donegal woman Maureen Carr captured the moment a red-breasted bird ...

After more than four decades of silence, the distinctive call of the yellow-billed cuckoo has once again echoed through ...

Kolkata's Rabindra Sarobar has become a hotspot for birdwatchers with the rare sightings of the Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo, ...

Generally shy and elusive, the yellow-billed cuckoo can be easily overlooked. Its calls are usually loud and often provide the best evidence to the presence of the bird. It favors eating ...