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The new species of 'cuckoo bee' that infiltrates other insects nests
Praia :: Cape Verde | 9 months ago
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31 August 2012 Researchers have found a new species of bee that invades the nest of others to lay their eggs. The behaviour is usually only seen in cuckoos, and the new species has been dubbed the 'cuckoo bee'. Researchers found the bees range in
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Freedom for cuckoo left in Britain by broken wing as it lands in Italy after BA business class flight to Italy
Rome :: Italy | 9 months ago
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An injured cuckoo who was flown business class to Italy to catch up with her migration trip has now completed an emotional release back into the wild. Idemili, a two-year-old cuckoo, set off for her epic migration from Brechfa Forest in
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Last wild cuckoo left in Britain hitches ride aboard passenger jet after missing migration because of broken wing
Brazzaville :: Congo | 9 months ago
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I used to hear one every early summer but it stopped suddenly about 15-20 yrs ago...Tom, Liverpool, 14/8/2012 13:35 Click to rate Rating (0) She is not the last wild cuckoo left, what a load of codswallop.
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Cuckoo flown to Italy in plane
Turin :: Italy | 9 months ago
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The bird is being transported in a British Airways 747 to Turin to catch up other cuckoos who have already begun the long winter migration to Africa. She was found in Tolworth, south-west London, with a wounded wing, injured head and infested with
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Cuckoo's surprise migration route
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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A satellite-tracked male cuckoo has taken a "surprising" route on his way back to Africa this summer. The team from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) monitoring his movements thought he would follow the same route as last year. However, instead
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Cuckoos use multiple disguise to fool other birds: Study
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Cuckoo birds use multiple disguise to lay their eggs in other birds' nests, to avoid raising their own chicks. While studying the behaviour of common cuckoos, Cambridge University researchers found that social learning or learn from the behaviour of
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Masters of disguise: The incredible picture that shows how the cuckoo infiltrates other birds nests
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Researchers found cuckoos can change their colouring to fool others into raising their young. here, two cuckoos show the different colour schemes they use to trick kestrels. In Britain, most female cuckoos grey and hawk-like, but some have reddish-
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Nature Studies by Michael McCarthy: Cuckoo-style decision-making is a thing of wonder
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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You're piloting, solo, a light plane from Italy to Africa, over the Mediterranean, during the night, and when dawn comes up you still can't see the African coast which is nearly 100 miles away, and you check your fuel supply and realise you may not
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Birdwatch: Cuckoo
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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George Boorujy The bird called from the topmost twig of the tallest tree, rocking back and forth with all the grace of a mattress balanced on a bottle of wine, as Bob Dylan might have observed. It was a cuckoo, a bird that was once the classic sign
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WATCH: Andy Samberg's Strangest 'SNL' Memory
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
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Andy Samberg may be moving on from "Saturday Night Live" after seven seasons, but there are a lot of ridiculous memories he's going to take with him. He shared his strangest "SNL" memory on Tuesday night's "Conan," which the host is recording in
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