In the rain-starved deserts of coastal Peru, tiny patches surprisingly rich in plant life dot the landscape. Burrowing birds may be responsible, scientists say. Mounds of sand shoveled out by ...

In the thorny acacia trees of the Kalahari Desert, avian construction crews are hard at work. White-browed sparrow weavers, a species of social bird, assemble complex roosts and nests from ...

The long-term impacts of this discovery are still being studied. Scientists sound alarm over troubling discovery in nests of ...

As development pushes these charismatic owls from their underground nesting sites, a solar project aims to show that habitat ...

Eurasian magpie and carrion crow nests made almost entirely out of anti-bird devices have been found in four European cities Michael Lee Simpson is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. His work has ...

Just like the birds that make them, bird nests come in many different forms. Depending on the size, habitat, and lifestyle of their maker, bird nests can range greatly in complexity — from simple ...

A nest made of spider webs has the advantages of being soft, with good insulation and is pliable enough to expand as the baby birds grow.

Birds, like people, build to suit, though birds are wa-a-ay more interested in camouflage than are we humans. Just as we have our styles of wood, adobe or brick, so do the birds: twig nests (warblers ...

They’re tiny, they're adorable and they’re Cape Coral’s official bird. We’re talking, of course, about burrowing owls. Everyone loves the soda-can-sized raptors, it seems, and this Saturday gives you ...

A sudden burst of movement kicks up dust on what had seemed to be a vacant patch of dirt at Zanjero Park in central Gilbert. In the mid-morning sunlight, two bright yellow eyes stare forward, ...

Courtesy of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation This time of year, biologists and technicians are doing some spring cleaning of their own at the site of the decommissioned ...