Some coots are even reusing old plastic nests rather than building new ones — an unusual behavior for these birds. These nests reveal how deeply plastic has worked its way into nature. Like scientists ...

Dutch doctoral student Auke-Florian Hiemstra excavated a bird nest, and made a startling discovery. From McDonald's lids to ...

Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive, chicken-like feet. Each year, these birds typically build new, bowl-shaped nests using leaves, rushes and reeds. But, while nesting in ...

The only thing more incredible than how fast a hummingbird flaps its wings is how it builds its nest. These birds are masters ...

As the frost line retreats northward in the early spring, its withdrawal is often closely followed – and occasionally ...

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. The white plastic bags fluttering in the treetops of the Italian Alps intrigued Fabrizio Sergio. The Italian ecologist ...

Plastic may have started a new geological era on our planet, sometimes called the Anthropocene. Hundreds and even thousands of years from now, scientists may date sediment layers by finding bits ...

Spring is in the air — which means nest-making season is upon us! For this month’s Chirp Chat, Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez ...

Members of the public can now tune in again this year to ‘Nestflix’, two new livestreams which show pairs of Chough as they ...