Some birds appear to seek out geothermal steam, where sulfur-rich gases could help them manage parasites and pathogens.

New research led by the University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka shows some bird species may be taking advantage of natural ...

Food and water stations intended to help wild birds may also help a potentially deadly parasite spread between species, ...

A new study published in the Journal of Helminthology by researchers from the Estonian University of Life Sciences and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, together with collaborators from ...

Along the Gulf Coast, black skimmers have long been a familiar sight—gliding just above the water with their bright orange beaks slicing through the surface to feed. But when more than 160 chicks died ...

Cuckoos, cowbirds, and other species outsource their parental duties. Scientists are uncovering new twists in this sneaky—and often treacherous—game of survival. By Sofia Quaglia / Knowable Magazine ...

In rare instances, DNA is known to have jumped from one species to another. If a parasite’s DNA jumps to its host’s genome, it could leave evidence of that parasitic interaction that could be found ...

Parasitism : costs and effects / Gary A. Wobeser -- Haemoproteus / Carter T. Atkinson -- Avian malaria / Carter T. Atkinson -- Leucocytozoonosis / Donald J. Forrester and Ellis C. Greiner -- Isospora, ...

Cuckoos are some of nature’s most practiced—and successful—con artists. Many species from this large family of birds are brood parasites. They lay their eggs in the nests of other birds and outsource ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Birds separated by vast geographic distances and millions of years of evolution share a remarkably similar learned vocal warning to identify parasitic enemies near their nests, an ...