Pigeons don't have a stellar reputation, particularly when it comes to their nests, but there may be a method to their ...

Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive, chicken-like feet. Each year, these birds typically build new, bowl-shaped nests using leaves, rushes and reeds. But, while nesting in ...

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. The white plastic bags fluttering in the treetops of the Italian Alps intrigued Fabrizio Sergio. The Italian ecologist ...

A century ago, it would have been difficult to find a country lad who didn’t know the difference between a song thrush’s nest and that of a blackbird or who couldn’t tell you where best to look to ...

Spring is an important time of year for birds to get cracking laying eggs and raising chicks. But first things first they need to build their nests. Each species of bird brings its own style to its ...

Scientists studying Eurasian coots in Amsterdam found layers of decades-old garbage in their urban nests Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive ...