Does a cuckoo know it's a cuckoo? The answer is more difficult than you might think, explains Richard Pallardy ...

The nest parasites get a bad rap for making other birds raise their young, but study by study, Mark Hauber and his “Cowbird ...

As bird flu circulates among wild birds in British Columbia, Boundary Bay Veterinary Specialty Hospital in Surrey ...

A second outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed on a farm owned by Scotland's largest egg supplier, Glenrath Farms, near ...

RSPB Scotland is promoting coexistence with urban gulls, saying legal destruction of tens of thousands of nests and eggs ...

Two public consultations with the aim of phasing out enriched cages for laying hens, and ending castration and tail docking ...

Laying hens and lambs will benefit from better animal welfare standards under detailed plans set out by the Government today ...

Every chicken at a commercial poultry site in Nottinghamshire will be culled after a case of bird flu was confirmed. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) confirmed on ...

The Scottish Government confirmed that bird flu had been detected at a premises near Blairgowrie earlier this week.

Lisa Marie Presley's past comments about John Travolta and Kelly Preston seem to have a whole new meaning after a bombshell lawsuit accused the late singer and her daughter Riley Keough of donating ...

Female lineages of European cuckoos lay eggs with colorful shells and intricate patterns specialized to deceive more than 100 avian hosts into fostering their chicks. Parasitic cuckoo eggshells show ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...