When you think of animals that build nests, your mind likely travels to birds. However, while it is true that birds are one ...

Birds can nest in inconvenient spots like flower pots, planters, and hanging baskets. There are rules against disturbing ...

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.

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 ...

‘Avian architecture’: Why birds’ nests are truly grand designs. Some are cup-shaped, some have domes, others have been likened to apartment complexes. How do birds build their nurseries?

Now a study suggests culture might play a role in avian architecture, too. Researchers analyzed more than 400 structures built by 43 different groups of White-browed Sparrow-Weavers in the ...

One other example of “birds not of a feather nesting together” involves an invasive species: English sparrows, also known as house sparrows.

Two Common Swifts were found in nests built by House Martin in the town of Mayenne, north-west France, in June 2025. The ...

The researchers analyzed rare fossils of hatchling birds found in northern Alaska, which offered the earliest evidence of the creatures reproducing in a polar region ...

Cultural traditions, not genetics or environment, inform nest architecture among white-browed sparrow weaver birds Summary author: Walter Beckwith ...

Birds in colder environments build bigger, thicker, more insulating nests than their warm-weather counterparts. The new study introduces a third possible variable: avian tradition.