You are more likely to hear rather than see a yellow-billed cuckoo nesting near your home if you live in a wooded neighborhood near a creek or bayou. The foot-long, slim bird sneaks slowly through ...

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains minor spoilers for “Cuckoo,” now playing in theaters. Roughly 40% of cuckoo bird species are “brood parasites.” Instead of building its own nest, the cuckoo ...

Birds of different species can understand each other’s alarm calls warning of cuckoos. Brood parasites such as cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds’ nests, tricking the hosts into caring for their ...

A common cuckoo, a species native to Europe and Asia, made several recent appearances in Riverhead, N.Y. The birds have been spotted in a handful of places in the lower 48 states, experts said. By ...