As autumn leaves start to fall and block gutters, many homeowners might be unaware that routine maintenance could have serious legal consequences. With birds still in peak nesting season, they’re more ...

A western snowy plover looks around at Limantour Beach in Point Reyes on May 15, 2025. Photo by Magali Gauthier. On an overcast morning in mid-April, biologist Maddy Schwarz parked her truck on a ...

A population of rare Western painted turtles appears to be thriving near Portland. While surveying an urban wetland in 2007, Gresham urban ecologist Laura Guderyahn stumbled across the only known ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 1999, Stanford PhD student Çağan Şekercioğlu needed to know ...

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests. This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 727 and 771 years old, ...

Bird existence is full of record-breaking feats, yet perhaps one of the most surprising must be the construction of the biggest ever recorded bird's nest. Imagine a nest so huge and cleverly designed ...

This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 652 and 696 years old, researchers say. Photograph By Sergio Couto More than six centuries ago, a resident of southern ...

A two-day cultural festival will be held on top of the protected nesting site of the migratory rainbow bee-eater bird this weekend. In the month prior to the festival, organisers have been laying ...

New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t think twice about eating them.