The burrowing owl is one of the most distinctive birds found across North and South America. Unlike many owl species that ...

The burrowing owl nesting season is hitting its peak, just in time for some public celebrations centered around Cape Coral's official bird. More than 3,000 of these pint-sized birds can be found in ...

Birds have learned to adapt to any environment and build a nest anywhere that fits their needs. Each species has their own unique nesting habits, but many are incredible architects, able to construct ...

Bird nests are often seen as temporary structures, built quickly and abandoned once young birds leave. Yet some species ...

A nest with a roof may provide some birds with more protection. But bird species that build simpler nests may be more adaptable to changing conditions. By Rebecca Dzombak Many of the bird nests you’ll ...

Biologists present the latest innovation in nest building: bird nests made from anti-nesting spikes. Researchers from Naturalis Biodiversity Center and the Natural History Museum Rotterdam collected ...

A museum curator with a ladder showed that birds that build cavity-style nests are able to protect their eggs with the skin shed by snakes. By Kate Golembiewski In 1889, the naturalist Allan Octavian ...

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 ...

It can take hours to find the well-hidden nests of migratory birds on the Northern Great Plains Andrew Dreelin A horned lark (Eremophila alpestris) searches for food on a prairie dog town. Andrew ...