The African cuckoo finch is known for bamboozling other birds into raising its young, but new research has shown just how brazen the feathery rogue is in evading parental duty. The yellow, streaked ...

Birds are resourceful. It's officially spring, which means that it is just about time for birds to start mating, nesting, and laying their eggs. They're finding anything they can to make their nests ...

How does a new house finch couple find their way to my hidden porch light every May, build a new nest, raise a family or two, leave midsummer, only to return the following May to repeat the same ...

House finches are small songbirds. Males have rosy red heads and chests, while females are brownish. These birds are native ...

On Laysan Island, the endangered, endemic Laysan Finch (Telespiza cantans) nests almost exclusively in the native bunchgrass Eragrostis variabilis. Experimental nest boxes provided were never used for ...

When we think of glaciers, polar bears and penguins often come to mind. Finches are more associated with backyards than icy ledges, but one species found a way to survive one of Earth’s most extreme ...

William Feeney receives funding from an Endeavour Fellowship. Humans are notorious for cheating and deceiving. But we also like to see cheaters get punished. Surprisingly, our research has revealed ...

William Feeney receives funding from Australian Geographic and the Australian National University. Species must reproduce to survive, and animals have found unique ways of achieving this. For some, ...