A Role for Parasites in Cooperative Behavior (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

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A Role for Parasites in Cooperative Behavior (1 of 2)

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Speckled warblers are cooperative breeders are shown. Here, a speckled warbler feeds a fledgling black-eared cuckoo. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 20 Dec., 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by William Feeney at The Australian National University in Canberra, ACT, Australia, and colleagues was titled, "Brood Parasitism and the Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds."

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