The BBC Radio 4 series “Natural Histories” is featuring honeyguides on 18 October (11h00 BST; repeat on 24 October at 21h00). On the programme, Claire Spottiswoode talks about our research on the Jekyll-and-Hyde lives of these intriguing birds – their brutal life as brood parasites of other birds (which we study in Zambia), and their cooperative life as collaborators of human honey-hunters (which we study in Mozambique), joined by Zambian nest-finder and legendary bird man Lazaro Hamuskili, Mozambican honey-hunter Orlando Yassene, and Dr Brian Wood of Yale University. The programme is presented by Brett Westwood and produced by Tim Dee. For more information, please see the programme webpage.
New paper on coevolution and chase-away evolution
Our paper “Chase-away evolution maintains imperfect mimicry in a brood parasite–host system despite rapid evolution of mimics” has been published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.