Pigeons get a lot of flak, but it’s easy to forget they weren’t always wild. Once upon a time, they were domesticated birds ...

Bird nests use long, stiff rods that interlock through friction and shape. Vibration strengthens the structure.

Dutch doctoral student Auke-Florian Hiemstra excavated a bird nest, and made a startling discovery. From McDonald's lids to ...

He is the glad prophet of the year, the harbinger of the best season ... and in the rearing and education of the young birds afterward. As soon as a nest is fairly begun, some member of the ...

Discover how long baby birds stay in the nest, how long it takes bird eggs to hatch, how baby birds learn to fly and more ...

Robyn Bailey of Nestwatch at Cornell University wrote that “finding a bird’s nest offers a rare chance to discreetly witness the intricacies of breeding bird biology.” She goes on to say that if we ...

The concept of constructing a self-supporting structure made of rods—without the use of nails, ropes, or glue—dates back to ...

A green heron feeds juveniles in the nest at Green Cay ... the park “perhaps the best location in the county for migrating passerines,” which are perching birds. The park is between the ...