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 was surprised by how many people wrote in with methods of how to discourage birds from building nests at their 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It raises intriguing questions about avian intelligence. By Rebecca Dzombak Birds can be picky building their nests. They experiment with materials, waffle over which twig to use, take them apart ...

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 ...

Naturalist Logan Lasee has been monitoring the birds ... a cool story like the Piping Plover," said Logan Lasee, Brown County Parks Assistant Naturalist. Scientists say there are 81 nesting ...

Alice Longyu Gao is a Chinese-born artist whose music generally fits into the hyperpop category only because it doesn’t make sense under any other genre. In the past, Gao has collaborated with artists ...

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 ...

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

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.