Where: The Bird’s Nest, 409 S. Hunter St. When: Friday, Dec. 1, 6-9 p.m. When Skye Weinglass opened her Bird’s Nest pop-up art gallery last winter in the building formerly occupied by her father’s ...

Ornithologists have theorized that birds first began to build nests when they were unable to locate natural cavities. Of the 470 perching (passerine) birds in North America, about 25 percent use holes ...

Snakeskin decor is a bold interior design choice—but for some birds, it's literally a matter of life and death. This is the conclusion of researchers from New York's Cornell University, who found ...

In a new book, a curator at England’s Natural History Museum describes rare and interesting nests and eggs—from the house sparrow to the village weaver—and the lessons they hold for avian conservation ...

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 ...

One man’s trash is a common coot’s treasure, at least when it comes to plastic. In Amsterdam, the birds have been constructing nests out of plastic food wrappers, masks and other waste for at least 30 ...

In the spring of 2019, the biologist Tore Slagsvold headed into the forests outside Oslo to stage a series of tiny crime scenes. He didn’t need bullets, or bootprints, or even bodies or blood; only a ...

Three burgundy speckled eggs are in a bird's nest - Kdp/Getty Images No matter how many birdhouses you hang around your yard, birds will make a nest anywhere they feel safe. In your trees or bushes?

As I have often observed, winter is the season when — after the leaves have fallen — many things in the natural world become more apparent. One of the more interesting of these are bird nests built ...

The Birds of Fall took place at the Tule River Parkway Native Plant Gardens on Saturday. The nature tour was surprising both ...

When the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences put out a call for baby bird pictures last week on Facebook, the thread of comments eventually totaled in the hundreds. Fans shared pictures of blue robins' ...