Red-billed oxpeckers hitching rides on the backs of black rhinos are a common sight in the African bush. The birds are best known for feeding from lesions full of ticks or other parasites on a rhino’s ...

If you’re a rhino of any kind, then you’d probably always want to keep your distance from humans. Rhinos have a long history of being prime targets for animal poaching because of their valuable facial ...

The red-billed oxpecker, called “Askari wa kifaru” or the rhino's guard in Swahili, alerts black rhinos to nearby humans and may have developed the behavior to protect food sources existing on rhinos’ ...

Scientists speculate oxpeckers in Africa evolved this behaviour as a way to take care of their food source. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in the ...

"Oxpecker common name for an African starling of the genus Buphagus. Also known as tickbirds, oxpeckers have very short legs and sharp claws, which aid them in perching on the backs of large mammals, ...

This image shows a red-billed oxpecker (called Askari wa kifaru or the rhino's guard) alarm calling on the ear and head of a black rhino in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa Disclaimer: AAAS and ...