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 ...

A Baltimore oriole nest made of mostly horse hair, and only horse hair, is the best bird nest I have ever seen. It was found in a tree in the yard of a friend. Alex, who showed me the nest, lives on ...

WINTON WOODS, Ohio (WKRC) — A new family has taken up residence in Winton Woods, as a mating pair of bald eagles and their eaglet have made a nest above Winton Lake. The eaglet, which hatched in April ...

Early June is a time of growth, and we see what follows the warm and wet times of spring. The migration of birds during the last three months has been outstanding and now in this month, we see that ...

In the thorny acacia trees of the Kalahari Desert, avian construction crews are hard at work. White-browed sparrow weavers, a species of social bird, assemble complex roosts and nests from ...

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 culture ...