Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

Unlike most other bird species, the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) lays its eggs in the nests of other bird species ...

When a female cowbird is ready to have a baby, she’ll stake out another bird’s nest, wait until the coast is clear, then slip in, stealthily lay her egg and leave it behind for another family ...

The team is "here to stay," no matter what, lead researcher Keith Bowers said, amid federal funding changes for scientific ...

The club is led by Chris Rimmer, director emeritus of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, which serves as the club’s institutional home.

The team is "here to stay," no matter what, lead researcher Keith Bowers said, amid federal funding changes for scientific research.

Researchers at the Bowers Lab in Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park are conducting a long-term study of bird species. The lab is tracking an "evolutionary arms race" between prothonotary warblers and ...