Birds, for the most part, do not live in nests. These complex structures, sometimes meticulously assembled for more than a month, tend to be used for the express purposes of incubating eggs and ...

When it comes to building nests, birds use a wide variety of tactics and materials. Some birds, like the puffin, burrow into the ground or take over abandoned rabbit warrens. Others, including the ...

A new study reveals that plastic-filled nests are causing fatal entanglements in baby birds, even far from the ocean.

Birds can nest in inconvenient spots like flower pots, planters, and hanging baskets. There are rules against disturbing nests—we explain when you can remove one.

Nest-building isn't just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building traditions.

Nest-building isn’t just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building traditions.

Just hatched baby finches. Photo courtesy of Tom Tatum A few days later when I checked on the nest, I discovered it contained five eggs — four white eggs and one brownish dappled egg.

A summer of birdwatching reveals nesting mysteries, territorial truce, and daily song as local species — from phoebes to ...

Challenging long-held beliefs that bird nest building is solely influenced by genetics or the environment, researchers report that the white-browed sparrow weavers of the Kalahari Desert, Africa ...

Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive, chicken-like feet. Each year, these birds typically build new, bowl-shaped nests using leaves, rushes and reeds. But, while nesting in ...

These birds are keeping a record of humanity—one wrapper at a time An advertisement for the 1994 World Cup, fast food wrappers, COVID-19 masks—what birds used to build their nests reflects a ...

Nest-building isn't just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building traditions.