The resulting coevolutionary arms race includes sophisticated defenses by hosts and escalating tools of exploitation by parasites. For the parasite, benefits include increased fecundity due to ...

It has long been assumed that cowbird parasitism can result in changes in songbird communities, but surprisingly the De Groot and Smith (2001) study is the first to assess whether this brood parasite ...

Hauber, M. E. Discordancy or template-based recognition? Dissecting the cognitive basis of foreign eggs in hosts of avian brood parasites. Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 1976–1983 (2010).

Surprisingly the De Groot and Smith (2001) study is the first to assess whether this brood parasite can change bird community composition. They state their hypothesis as: brown-headed cowbirds change ...

If you need another reason to keep your feline pets indoors, read on.  Since March 2024, when a bird flu virus (H5N1) ...

Most of her research combines two groups of organisms with magnificent life-history strategies: birds and their haemosporidian parasites – a group of protozoans that includes the infamous pathogens ...