A greater honeyguide feeding on beeswax in Niassa Special Reserve in Mozambique. “While researching honeyguides, we have been guided to bees’ nests by honeyguide birds thousands of times, but none of ...

Yao honey-hunter Orlando Yassene holds a wild greater honeyguide female, temporarily captured for research, in the Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique, in this handout picture released July 21, 2016.

A wild African bird that will famously lead people to trees filled with honeycomb seems to somehow learn the distinct whistles and calls of the human foragers who live near them. Scientists have long ...

African honeyguide birds understand and respond to the culturally distinct signals made by local human honey hunters, suggesting cultural coevolution between species, according to a new study.

Honey badgers and honeyguide birds have apparently formed a tag team to feed themselves. The only question is how do the two ...

Like cuckoos, honeyguides are parasitic birds that lay their eggs in other birds' nests and dupe them into raising their young. Now scientists reveal that, unlike in cuckoos, the resemblance between ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For centuries, a tale of the honeyguide bird and honey badger ...

OSLO (Reuters) – A small African bird that guides people to bees’ nests hoping to share honey and wax responds to hunters’ special calls in a rare example of a partnership between wild animals and ...