How do birds know how to build such intricate nests? Why robins gather mud balls, chickadees pluck fur and wrens are champion stick gatherers.

If you ever have the opportunity (and permits) to dissect an abandoned bird nest, you’ll discover that female birds are ingenious architects of solid, well-insulated, camouflaged homes for their eggs.

Most bird species have a characteristic nest, and you have to wonder how they learned to build it in the first place, since birds are hatched in the nest already built by their parents. How do young ...

It is spring in the northern hemisphere and birds initiate the remarkable architectural feat of building a home for the young. How is this accomplished?

Birds' nests are as diverse as the creatures who build them. The variety of locations, shapes, and sizes they’re built in and the materials they’re made from can be staggering.

Some birds choose to build nests close to humans, hoping that our presence will scare off predators. Unfortunately, their choices aren’t always the best or the safest.

Nest-building isn't just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building traditions.

Birds make nests over front doors, on porches and patios, even on cars. If you can’t leave it alone entirely, here’s how to keep one safe.

Nest-building isn’t just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building traditions.