A team of researchers has now shown that fly larvae in nests of European bee-eaters help clean the nest ... with a nest chamber at the end. From egg-laying to fledging of the offspring, a ...

When honeyguides invade, they’ll puncture the bee-eater’s eggs before laying their own. This kills some of the eggs outright and weakens others. If any chicks survive to hatching, they’re ...

The designs on the eggs are colourful and elaborate, and unlike most Easter eggs, the designs aren't painted on — they're 'written' using beeswax and then dyed with colour. It's a Ukrainian ...

Now scientists reveal that, unlike in cuckoos, the resemblance between honeyguide eggs and those of their bee-eater bird hosts hasn't evolved to trick hosts into accepting the imposter egg as one ...

A group of youngsters, who were on a birding exercise in Sirumugai near Mettupalayam earlier this week, spotted European bee-eaters. According to V. Sharan, who claimed that this was a rare ...