Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drongo birds use false alarm calls to trick meerkats into dropping food so they can steal it. Meerkats rely on drongo warning ...

Jackdaw chicks learn about predators by listening to adults, reveals new research. Scientists played recordings of predator calls to chicks in their nests – and paired the sounds with either adult ...

Birds like the black-fronted nunbird help information flow through the Amazon rainforest. During an expedition to a remote area of the Peruvian Amazon, working with a falconer, members of the Forest ...

You might go for a walk in the forest to disconnect from work and calm your nerves after a busy week. The chirping and calls of birds in the canopy above might be exactly what allows you to relax. But ...

Meerkats have come to rely on the call of the drongo bird to alert them when danger is nearby. In return, the bird gets to snatch up the food left behind by the meerkats in their haste to escape. It’s ...