Friends of Big Bear Valley say they may have seen the remains of a missing third eaglet in the nest. "We know that both the ...

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 ...

FIFA World Cup souvenir. A McDonald’s McChicken container from 1996. Decades-old plastic packaging. Look inside the nests of Eurasian coots, and you’ll find a surprising history of human plastic ...

Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive, chicken-like feet. Each year, these birds typically build new, bowl-shaped nests using leaves, rushes and reeds. But, while nesting in ...

Shropshire Ornithological Society says the numbers of rooks have been in decline A bird group is asking for help in cataloguing rook nests across a county. The Shropshire Ornithological Society ...

The researchers noted that old nesting material can be host to harmful parasites like red mites and too much plastic in the nest increases the risk of entanglement for the birds, sometimes ...

In fact, this has already begun: Researchers revealed the history of bird nests in The Netherlands by scrutinizing plastic litter used in the nests’ construction. Many different birds ...

The newest residents, thousands of barn swallows and cliff swallows, are making themselves unwelcome by building mud nests under the eaves. "I don't want them flying around and leaving bird feces ...