Some of those pictured are built primarily using dry grass, like that of the spectacled longbill (main picture), the only known research specimen, and the opened-up “ball” nest of the desert cisticola ...

On January 2, 2026, in Zhejiang, China, @Dark shared a video showing an unusually elaborate bird nest constructed inside a cage. In the video, a green parrot—affectionately known as Goubao—is seen ...

The animal world is a noisy one with a vast vocabulary. A lot of what animals are saying is about sex, as in, "Hey, I'm here and available." But scientists in Spain have discovered a very different ...

In his book, “Birds of Forest, Yard, and Thicket,” John Eastman notes that there are 26 species in the genus, eight of which nest in the United States. In the eastern U.S., there are only two orioles ...

It is spring in the northern hemisphere and birds initiate the remarkable architectural feat of building a home for the young. How is this accomplished? Hormones and Getting in the Mood Much of the ...

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 ...

A new study has found that birds build hanging-nests, particularly those with extended entrance tunnels, to help protect offspring against nest invaders like snakes and parasitic cuckoos. They found ...

Maria Cristina Tello-Ramos 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 ...