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 ...

House finches and purple finches are both small birds which are native to North America. Both species have stunning red and ...

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

In a new book, a curator at England's Natural History Museum describes rare and interesting nests and eggs—from the house ...

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 ...

They are typically found on or around birds and their nests. Think you have a problem ... If you suspect a bird mite infestation in your house, contact a licensed pest control professional.

Neighboring groups of birds within the same species ... that the same can be true for nest-building. Experiments show that inexperienced male zebra finches will watch familiar males choosing ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. Bird Nests and Construction Behaviour provides a broad view of our current ...

Dear Heloise: Please let your readers know that it is illegal to move, destroy or tamper with bird nests, or to possess feathers or any part of wild birds. Some birds reuse nests or return to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...