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.

In the winter, birds search for nutrient-rich food. Planting the right shrubs and berries in New England gardens can help feather friends survive.

An archaeologist reveals what she learned from sifting through a 200-year-old rat nest recovered from a historic Philadelphia ...

Across the region, Mara Silver’s kiln-fired homes are helping dwindling species endure—and encouraging people to share their ...

Plus, life in the tropics, a test for seed freshness and “tin horn” nuthatches heading our way.

The tiny particles are widespread in waterbirds around the world. Now, research is finding them in neighborhood songbirds, ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is building and installing nest boxes for the state's endangered barn owls.

The newly renovated South County Regional Library, at 21100 Three Oaks Parkway in Estero, will reopen to the public at 9 a.m.

For the first time ever, paleontologists have found fossil traces of burrowing bees nesting inside the buried bones of other ...

It took years of moving birdhouses around the field to finally get a pair of bluebirds to settle in. One May, during our 30th ...

A white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus) prepares its mossy nest along a riverbank. These birds are known for nesting close ...

WOODPECKERS have unique habits that place them into a category of avian critters who conduct their life and food gathering ...