Barbara & Dan Gleason Spring is when most birds court, breed and raise young, and they must find — or build — a safe place ...

Southeast area residents of Woodland residents may be fighting a losing battle against those “no-see-ems” swarming out of the Yolo Bypass this time of year. But the birds which feed in part on the ...

Desert birds lay larger eggs when they have more helpers to feed their chicks, new research shows. White-browed sparrow weavers live in family groups in which only a dominant pair breeds and their ...

The number of eggs a bird lays — its clutch size — varies greatly among species. You might think every species should simply lay lots of eggs because that would increase the odds of more young birds ...

Fork-tailed drongos have a signature color and pattern on their eggs, which helps them avoid getting duped by African cuckoos. Hans Stieglitz via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Cuckoos have ...

Pablo Capilla-Lasheras has received funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK) and currently works at the University of Glasgow. Tswalu Kalahari Reserve is a ...