Learn more about the natural world with three incredible bird specimens Douglas G. D. Russell A bird making a nest. Taryn Elliott The nests and eggs of birds have fascinated us for hundreds of years.

Life was going well in our hectic urban schedule. Inside the concrete building, we were busy with our daily activities.

Researchers are tracking how birds incorporate humans' trash into their nests across North Texas. The project is still in its early stages.

A male and female Baltimore oriole feed their young while perched on their hanging nest, which is made of materials like thin twigs, plant cotton and bark strips. Spring is in the air — which means ...

Among the thousands of bird species there is great variation in nesting habits: Some nest in burrows, or tree cavities and nest boxes, or mounds of decaying vegetation and so on. Most birds build some ...

One man’s trash is a common coot’s treasure, at least when it comes to plastic. In Amsterdam, the birds have been constructing nests out of plastic food wrappers, masks and other waste for at least 30 ...