But despite their common goal, birds’ nests are widely variable, ranging from woven baskets to hammocks made from saliva to a spot of mud on the ground, just sparsely lined with grass.

I appreciate the recent letter about the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. I was surprised by how many people wrote in with methods of how to discourage ...

White-browed sparrow weavers, a species of social bird, assemble complex roosts and nests from grass–hanging dozens across their small territories of one to a few trees. Yet not all of these ...

I appreciate the recent letter about the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. I was surprised by how many people wrote in with ...

Nest-building isn’t just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building... When birds build nests, they're also building a ...

They are typically found on or around birds and their nests. Think you have a problem with bird mites? Here’s what you need to know, including what they look like, symptoms of a mite bite ...

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Now there’s another reason to suspect the creatures have their own distinct cultures: nest-building practices unique to different groups of birds. A recent analysis in the journal Science ...

As the sun bleeds into daylight or fades toward night, AP photographer Michael Probst is often on the hunt for serene scenes ...

Saturday, Sept. 14 saw the advent of an exciting community involvement event at Louisville’s historic Churchill Downs ...

I appreciate the recent letter about the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. I was surprised by how many people wrote in with methods of how to discourage birds from building nests at their house. We ...

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. Instead ...