Puzzlingly, many birds add human-made material to their nests with no obvious function – now there is evidence that these ...

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 ...

In a new article published in Royal Society Open Science, researchers investigated the novel idea that birds reduce the risk ...

Bird nests can vary from crude and simple to intricate and complex. Predators, weather, habitat and the availability of ...

Birds do it, beavers (and ducks, for that matter) do it and, although we have no idea whether educated fleas do it -- or how to determine how many years of school a flea has completed -- cute old ...

The discovery of messages in raptors' nests has raised the possibility that many bird species encode signals into these structures, with seemingly decorative flourishes actually full of meaning.

More than 70 bird species adorn their nests with snakeskin, a decorating trick that could help to fend off predators 1. Certain birds have long been known to incorporate shed snakeskin into their ...

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting decor choice. Researchers find that for some birds, it keeps predators at bay. When a bird drapes its nest with ...

The door has a large window so I was ... tables or other decor that would give a cat a leg up. Some birds actually like to build their nests close to humans. They don’t like or trust us, but ...

DHARWAD: THE nests built by Baya Weaver birds have now become a fancy for ... With Ganesha festival round the corner, villagers sell them as decorative product along with other items.