"There is mounting research." Wildlife experts issue dire warning after disturbing discovery made in bird's nests: 'A plague ...

FIFA World Cup souvenir. A McDonald’s McChicken container from 1996. Decades-old plastic packaging. Look inside the nests of ...

Spring is an important time of year for birds to get cracking laying eggs and raising chicks. But first things first they need to build their nests. Each species of bird brings its own style to its ...

Each year, these birds typically build new, bowl-shaped nests using leaves, rushes and reeds. But, while nesting in cities, they often supplement these natural, biodegradable materials with man ...

And the main ingredient? The partially dissolved nest of a swiftlet, a small bird native to Southeast Asia. Three times a year, swiftlets build nests out of their sticky saliva on cave walls and ...

But why? Many species of birds decorate their nests to attract a mate—but kites already have partners when they build nests. Still, the ornamentation on kite nests suggests “that there’s ...

Researchers reconstructed the history of an unusual 30-year-old bird nest based on the expiration dates printed on plastic ...

Coots' nests in Amsterdam are built using discarded plastic, providing a time capsule into the material's use over the past ...