Birds are resourceful. It's officially spring, which means that it is just about time for birds to start mating, nesting, and laying their eggs. They're finding anything they can to make their nests ...

On Laysan Island, the endangered, endemic Laysan Finch (Telespiza cantans) nests almost exclusively in the native bunchgrass Eragrostis variabilis. Experimental nest boxes provided were never used for ...

How does a new house finch couple find their way to my hidden porch light every May, build a new nest, raise a family or two, leave midsummer, only to return the following May to repeat the same ...

When building a nest, previous experience raising chicks will influence the choices birds make, according to a new study by University of Alberta scientists. The results show that birds that have ...

When we think of glaciers, polar bears and penguins often come to mind. Finches are more associated with backyards than icy ledges, but one species found a way to survive one of Earth’s most extreme ...

William Feeney receives funding from Australian Geographic and the Australian National University. Species must reproduce to survive, and animals have found unique ways of achieving this. For some, ...

DEAR JOAN: I have a house flinch that insists on building a nest on the wires — telephone, cable, electric — above my bedroom window. It creates a mess, but I could deal this with it except that last ...