Cowbirds are not evil; they are just doing their best to survive. Many other species prey on bird eggs and young birds – ...

In this column I’ll include photos of the males of the species for two reasons: They have beautiful plumage, and later this year I’ll try to help you identify some of the female warblers. A number of ...

What to know about the hard-to-track blackpoll warbler, nicknamed 'nature's hearing test', just in time for its arrival in ...

In late April, a male yellow-rumped warbler began coming regularly to my deck, visiting the feeders. He picks off mouthfuls of peanut butter, one after another, sometimes several times a day. Usually ...

And birdwatchers throughout Alabama are hoping to catch sight of one before they head north for the summer. The cerulean ...

The difference between the sexes, males have a lot more black streaking, especially on their underparts and cheek. Females ...

It is claimed that female cuckoo chicks imprint on their host parent and lay eggs which closely resemble those of the hosts. The main hosts are Meadow Pipits, Reed Warblers and Dunnocks. Female ...

“The male prothonotary warbler will take a piece of moss and place it in a proposed nest, and once the female approves, she’ll begin to build or enhance the nest,” Johnson said. He explained ...

Technology’s many automated female voices are nothing if not helpful. By Susan Dominus Artwork by Yehwan Song Susan Dominus is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and the author of the ...

Photograph by Christian Ziegler By banding together in coalitions—meaning groups of two or more animals, but usually three to five—female bonobos both reduce the danger posed by males and ...

Not any female bird, though ... Lipshutz's team focused on five families of birds: swallows, wood warblers, sparrows, thrushes and wrens, and on two closely related species per family—one ...