The presence of snake skin within a bird’s nest might seem peculiar initially. Yet, new studies reveal that this could have been done for a specific reason. There has been evidence showing that ...

Learn about bald eagle nesting habits, from how and where to spot the large nests to why they return to the same nest every ...

Among the thousands of bird species there is great variation in nesting habits: Some nest in burrows, or tree cavities and nest boxes, or mounds of decaying vegetation and so on. Most birds build some ...

New research from the University of Maine records small shorebirds responding aggressively to predatory deer for the first ...

The thunder rolled and lightning danced among the jagged peaks as a summer rainstorm soaked the alpine meadows of California’s Sierra Nevada. Our parkas were zipped tight and heads down as we plodded ...

Dr. Rohwer is the curator of birds and mammals at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates. Most birds go to great lengths to hide their nests. So when I find one, invariably so carefully crafted ...