"All my life, a bird was nesting here." Biologist stunned by unusual materials found packed inside bird nest: 'The oldest ...

Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are.

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird ...

Nest boxes help many species of birds, including eastern bluebirds, tree swallows and wood ducks, by providing protection ...

In fact, this has already begun: Researchers revealed the history of bird nests in The Netherlands by scrutinizing plastic litter used in the nests’ construction. Many different birds ...

For the first time, scientists described a hummingbird chick potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten.

The researchers noted that old nesting material can be host to harmful parasites like red mites and too much plastic in the nest increases the risk of entanglement for the birds, sometimes ...

Events include an Owl Prowl, a nest box workshop ... stationed throughout the nature center to present the birds, and learn about their unique adaptations that set them apart from other birds ...