In traditional cuckoo clocks, the “coo coo” sound is derived from a system of bellows pushing air through two wooden whistles to recreate the distinctive two-note call of the common cuckoo.

Hoffman mentioned the case of a plant making cuckoo clocks. “Personally, I’m in favor of letting the Germans make cuckoo clocks.” More Must-Reads from TIME ...

Now the Cuckoo Clock Experience, as the new attraction has been named, is scheduled to open in September in an annex to the Waterford museum. As Mr. Curran, 69, ...

Cuckoldry, Clocks, and Horror: The Wild History of Our Obsession With the Cuckoo Bird In her new book about cuckoos, Cynthia Chris details the extensive history of everyone's favorite feathery ...

Cuckoo's clocks are unable to keep up with climate change, new research warns. The birds spend the winter in central Africa, before travelling north to western Europe to herald the arrival of spring.