Not every nest in trees is a bird nest! Here's what a squirrel nest looks like and how to deter squirrels from nesting in your yard.

Minnesota has 231 confirmed nesting species of birds, according to the recently published summary of our first breeding bird survey. Some of these are year-round residents.

“The Antwerp nest is really like a bunker for birds,” said Mr. Hiemstra, who calculated that it contained roughly 50 meters’ worth of anti-bird strips and 1,500 visible spikes.

Researchers studied four bird nests from European cities — built by carrion crows and Eurasian magpies — made out of anti-bird spikes and strips usually found on urban buildings ...

Birds have long been known to incorporate human-made materials into their nests. But in Amsterdam, where waterbirds like coots nest among the canals, something remarkable is happening.

New research reveals the impact of discarded plastic materials on young birds—with chicks dying after becoming entangled in ...

Researchers in Europe have found birds making nests from anti-bird spikes on buildings NPR's Scott Simon speaks with biologist Auke-Florian Hiemstra about his study of bird's nests that are made ...

LINWOOD, Kan. (WIBW) - Operation Wildlife has put out a call for wicker baskets as high winds and thunderstorms have knocked new owlets out of their nests across the Sunflower State. Operation ...

I Love Finding Birds’ Nests, but What’s in Them Troubles Me. June 21, 2025. A Baltimore oriole nest with plastic. Listen to this article · 3:17 min Learn more. Share full article. 194.

Nest-building isn't just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building traditions. Accessibility links.

Citations. R. Cortés-Romay and S.A. Vargas. Horse-hair fungus used in bird nests alters the behaviour of acacia ants.Animal Behaviour. Vol. 216, October 2024, p.