This graphic displays some of the items discovered ... the elastic bands can easily entangle the birds' feet, making the nest a potentially harmful place instead of a safe spot for their young.

Contrary to its name, the common coot is no ordinary bird. Contrary to its name, the common coot is no ordinary bird. These plump, black-and-white birds have made themselves at home in the canals ...

Once an endangered species, bald eagles, including at Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota, came roaring back to life. They now confront a new foe: avian flu. Warning: This graphic requires ...

When you’re working or spending time in your yard, take note of the location of any birds’ nests in and around your garden. “When you know where birds are nesting, you can work mindfully ...

Eastern phoebes have the distinction of being the first bird ever banded, in 1804 by John James Audubon himself. He, too, watched an eastern phoebe nest at his farm in Mill Grove, Pa., about 200 ...

Birds choose the safest trees to build their nests. In the Florida Everglades, that means living directly above alligator-infested water. If that sounds like a perilous choice, consider this ...

Listen to this episode and see how many bird nests you can identify, just by hearing a description! Bird species choose different spots for their nests, and make the nests out of a variety of ...

A bird photographer in Michigan has captured dramatic footage of the moment a red-headed woodpecker found a starling in its tree trunk nest and evicted it by yanking it out. When you purchase ...

Now, researchers from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center and the Natural History Museum Rotterdam (NHMR) in the Netherlands have found that some birds have created their nests from sharp ...