Some are cup-shaped, some have domes, others have been likened to apartment complexes. How do birds build their nurseries?

Not all birds build nests, and, of those birds that do, not every nest is equal. For example, compare the nests built by the ...

A bird making a nest. Taryn Elliott The nests and eggs of birds have fascinated us for hundreds of years. At its simplest the ...

To keep their eggs safe some birds build simple cup-shaped nests, others elaborate fully-enclosed domes, with porches, fake ...

It wouldn’t be a list of animals that build nests without first highlighting the species most well-known for natural architecture. Not all birds build nests, and, of those birds that do, not every ...

I was surprised by how many people wrote in with methods of how to discourage birds from building nests at their house. We had a barn swallow who built a nest up under the eaves of my front porch.

As this study shows, that’s just not true, she says. And in addition to learning from other birds, birds can learn from their own experiences. Lab studies show that if they build a nest and fail to ...