In the city centre of Amsterdam, a seemingly ordinary bird nest tells an extraordinary ... master's degree in journalism from the University of British Columbia. You can reach her at catherine.zhu ...

A few years ago, he began studying the brown-headed cowbird. Both are among a fascinating group of birds, called brood parasites, that abandon their eggs in the nests of other species, leaving them to ...

Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than ...

Each year, these birds typically build new, bowl-shaped nests using leaves, rushes and reeds. But, while nesting in cities, they often supplement these natural, biodegradable materials with man ...

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.

Many of these birds, like the robins, tree swallows and phoebes, return year after year. But one newcomer this year is a pair of purple finches that decided to construct their nest in the middle ...

Eurasian magpie and carrion crow nests made almost entirely out of anti-bird devices have been found in four European cities Michael Lee Simpson is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. His work has ...

In Amsterdam, the birds have been constructing nests out of plastic food wrappers, masks and other waste for at least 30 years, researchers report in the February Ecology. The revelation shows not ...

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Nest researcher Auke-Florian Hiemstra stumbled upon a bird nest that appeared to go back 30 years in time – filled with historical plastics. His discovery of successive layers of plastic in birds’ ...

“Shhhh… owls are nesting,” reads the signage. “It’s really cool to see them up close, but they need space. To help the owl ...

He adds that the children take great delight in watching the nests in process of construction, and in the rearing and education of the young birds afterward. As soon as a nest is fairly begun ...