It’s nesting season again. For something so basic and so essential to avian life, I believe that the act of nesting is misunderstood by many. Let’s go over some very basic stuff and ...

It is in its original shipping packaging from 1896. The multiple open-cup nests (pictured below) are the work of many different birds, but have all been commandeered by the common cuckoo ...

“Humans are directly affecting birds’ nests in a way that we are still trying to understand,” Sandoval says. As part of a six-year study, Sergio and his colleagues set out different-colored ...

This is the conclusion of researchers from New York's Cornell University, who found birds that line their nests with snakeskin are less likely to have their eggs eaten by predators. "We think that ...

When we think about birds and nesting, we automatically think spring. But recently photographing a ruby-throated hummingbird nest made me think, no, not all birds are nesting right away in spring.

According to them, the birds that nest in cavities are 6.5 times more ... these were mostly exposed and made accessible to different classes of predators. The enclosed feature of cavity nests ...

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting decor choice. Researchers find that for some birds, it keeps predators at bay. When a bird drapes its nest with ...