The animal kingdom mirrors our own in many ways, like how animals care for their young. Just as humans hire babysitters or ...

Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,” one ...

Female birds are more vulnerable than males ... where extra-pair young have been shown to be more likely to be male, the mitonuclear incompatibility hypothesis was retrospectively tested.

The development of DNA identification has given scientists potent new tools for discovering the genetic relationships between animal parents and their offspring ... birds' nests contain another ...

Credit: Roosmarijn Ernsten "Our study supports the idea that both male and female birds can advertise their personality when singing, which may be important for mate choice," Dr. Colombelli ...

Monogamous pairs have one to five eggs (two is typical), both the male and female incubate ... who wander too close to their young. Like other owls, these birds have an incredible digestive ...

"Our study supports the idea that both male and female birds can advertise their personality when singing, which may be important for mate choice," Dr Colombelli-Négrel says.