In the spring, robins living on an Illinois tree farm sat on some unusual eggs. Alongside the customary brilliant blue ovoids they had laid were some unusually shaped objects. Although they had the ...

HAZELWOOD, Mo. — It’s a lesson in patients and nurturing that happens every spring. Mother robins sit on their nest of eggs, waiting for their hatchlings in the circle of life. Now, you can get a bird ...

Birds have evolved to fit particular environments. Eggs have evolved along with the birds. The eggs that birds will lay this spring will vary in shape and color to facilitate successful hatching in a ...

The American Robin might become a paranoid bird, given the number of creatures trying to fool it. Scientists have known for quite some time that a parasite-type bird exists: the brown-headed cowbird.

The brown-headed cowbird is one of the most hated birds in the entirety of the animal kingdom. Each springtime, when most birds are settling down to build their nests, the cowbird is sneakily plotting ...