The Hebrew word for “nest” (“qen”) appears several times in the Old Testament as a figurative stand-in for the home, as in ...

When you think of animals that build nests, your mind likely travels to birds. However, while it is true that birds are one ...

In a new book, a curator at England's Natural History Museum describes rare and interesting nests and eggs—from the house ...

I was surprised by how many people wrote in with methods of how to discourage birds from building nests at their house.

I was surprised by how many people wrote in with methods of how to discourage birds from building nests at their house. We had a barn swallow who built a nest up under the eaves of my front porch.

White-browed sparrow weavers, a species of social bird, assemble complex roosts and nests from grass–hanging dozens across their small territories of one to a few trees. Yet not all of these ...

Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren’t solely controlled by instinct and the environment.

Now there’s another reason to suspect the creatures have their own distinct cultures: nest-building practices unique to different groups of birds. A recent analysis in the journal Science ...

They are typically found on or around birds and their nests. Think you have a problem with bird mites? Here’s what you need to know, including what they look like, symptoms of a mite bite ...

I was surprised by how many people wrote in with methods of how to discourage birds from building nests at their house. We had a barn swallow who built a nest up under the eaves of my front porch.

Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren’t solely controlled by instinct and the environment. Instead ...