W hen you think of animals that build nests, your mind likely travels to birds. However, while it is true that birds are one of the most well-known animals to build nests, they’re not alone in ...

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This time of year gives us many gifts of nature: colorful flowers, pleasant smells, heat and humidity, and multitudes of baby birds and animals in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Each year, ...

and collaborated to make items for animals in rehabilitation centers: koala mittens, bat wraps, joey pouches, and bird nests. The response from crafters has been so great that Australians have asked ...

The Italian ecologist knew the trash hung from the nests of a certain bird, the black kite. But why? Many species of birds decorate their nests to attract a mate—but kites already have partners ...

Research has revealed contamination of rivers in the UK with chemicals from topical flea and tick treatments. They enter ...

A “committee” of Cape vultures is swooping into the Los Angeles Zoo to make its home in an exhibit that seeks to mirror the ...

Landmarks are often the primary cues that animals use to locate their nests. For example, after digger wasps (Philanthus triangulum) leave their nests they circle around the entrance to orient ...

“The cavity nests with snakeskin had a much higher chance ... about 300 miles north of the nearest known population of the animals in Sudan. It is the first record of the mammal in Egypt in ...

Further, chimpanzees visited nest sites significantly more often than ... These chimpanzees live in open, dry and seasonal habitats where animal protein is hard to find, making ants a particularly ...

Since raptors occupy spots near the top of the food web, they are also often good indicators of ecosystem health. But surveying raptor nests using traditional methods requires climbing to the nest or ...