Gangster birds running protection racket give insight into coevolution

Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 19:31 in Biology & Nature

Like gangsters running a protection racket, drongos in the Kalahari Desert act as lookouts for other birds in order to steal a cut of their food catch. The behavior may represent a rare example of two species evolving from a parasitic to a mutualistic relationship.

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