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Researchers in Amsterdam have discovered that Eurasian coots are building nests using plastic waste dating back decades. One nest contained 635 artificial items, including a 1994 FIFA World Cup ...

Learn more about the natural world with three incredible bird specimens Douglas G. D. Russell A bird making a nest. Taryn Elliott The nests and eggs of birds have fascinated us for hundreds of years.

When researchers found a hummingbird with glittering gold feathers, they initially thought a new species had been discovered, but what they actually found was far more unusual. The bird — found in ...

More than 70 bird species adorn their nests with snakeskin, a decorating trick that could help to fend off predators 1. Certain birds have long been known to incorporate shed snakeskin into their ...

Birds have learned to adapt to any environment and build a nest anywhere that fits their needs. Each species has their own unique nesting habits, but many are incredible architects, able to construct ...

Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren't solely controlled by instinct and the environment. Instead ...

Dr. Rohwer is the curator of birds and mammals at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates. Most birds go to great lengths to hide their nests. So when I find one, invariably so carefully crafted ...

Spiritual associations aside, I told her it sounded unusual, even for birds known to sometimes choose close association with people. (The Cornell of Ornithology says mourning doves are “unbothered by ...

Few birds have nesting requirements as finicky as Australia's largest parrot, the palm cockatoo, which is facing its own housing crisis due to a shortage of breeding habitat.

A research team has found birds' nests around Europe that contain strips of anti-bird metal spikes. They say birds seem to be protecting their nests with devices people use to shoo birds away. Well, ...

While the trees in your yard are most attractive to nesting birds, they might also choose your garage. Whether you can remove ...