Most birds spend hours, days, or even weeks painstakingly building their nests. Some birds make nests out of mud, some build nests in trees, and some birds nest on the ground and simply scrape out a ...

A common cuckoo — which is anything but common in the United States — appeared for a few days, then vanished. Interest from birders in that sighting and others has soared.

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. For the care and feeding of its offspring, the common cuckoo outsources. When she’s ready to lay an egg, a female Cuculus ...

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 ...

A baby bird falls out of its nest onto the ground — what should you do? A well-meaning person may want to help out, but sometimes it's best to just let nature be. Breeding season is in full swing ...

Discover the cunning parenting techniques of cuckoos. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Cuckoos are masters of deception. When it ...

It’s a birdie he won’t ever forget. Bird lovers are flocking to a Long Island golf course to see the biggest star to hit the links here since the Ryder Cup — after a golfer spotted a rare cuckoo bird, ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The federal government wants private landowners in arid western states to help identify and designate important habitat for a certain bird species, so the land ...