The bird is in the same family as the yellow-billed cuckoos that breed in Texas in the summer. But the roadrunner is the largest North American cuckoo. The species name californianus refers to the ...

Beyond being the sworn enemy of Wile E. Coyote, the roadrunner is a quintessential symbol of the Southwest. There are two species of roadrunners in the cuckoo family, the greater and lesser ...

See All 5 Photos When Larry Hall bought this '68 Plymouth Road Runner more than a decade ago, it was strictly a family car. Little by little, however, the transformation to full-time race car ...

Roadrunner facts. The greater roadrunner races around Texas. Voice: Doesn't go "beep-beep" like the cartoon character Road Runner but utters a "co-coo-coo-coo-coooo" sound or "whirrr" call.