This may come as a shock to the keen ornithologists among you, but I've never much liked birds. Maybe it's because I saw Alfred ... In compiling a recent case for long-term, sustained investment in ...

Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are.

"The number of natural tree cavities available to these birds is a fraction of what it would have been back in time," said ...

The Italian ecologist knew the trash hung from the nests of a certain bird, the black kite. But why? Many species of birds decorate their nests to attract a mate—but kites already have partners ...

The DNR debuted a brand-new EagleCam along the Mississippi River, featuring a new nest, late last year. But after the camera's installation, the chosen birds began building another nest nearby.

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’ ...

but the bird’s nest fern is a true gem. With thick strappy leaves and distinctive black or brown midribs, this bright green fern is a beautiful houseplant that requires less coddling than many ...