“Do birds reuse their nests? asks Birds & Blooms reader Liza Peniston of Augusta, Kansas. The short answer is that it depends on the species. Some large birds may use the same nest for years, but most ...

Birdsong can have “accents,” and crows can teach one another to use tools. Now there’s another reason to suspect the creatures have their own distinct cultures: nest-building practices unique to ...

Nest-building isn't just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building... When birds build nests, they're also building a culture ...

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High above the ground, suspended from the tips of tree branches, hang some of the most remarkable homes in the natural world. These woven structures, built entirely by birds using grass, leaves, ...

Cliff swallows are said by ornithologists to show the highest degree of colonization of any of the 89 swallow species in the world. Colonies can number from 200 to more than 2,000 nests. They could be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Researchers from the University of Melbourne are creating specialized bird nests 3D-printed from mushrooms, ...

A male and female Baltimore oriole feed their young while perched on their hanging nest, which is made of materials like thin twigs, plant cotton and bark strips. Spring is in the air — which means ...

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 ...