How to protect your chicks from predators? Build a dome over them! There is tremendous diversity among the nests of birds, in nest location, structure, materials, and more, but we know very little ...

Some of the brightest colors in nature are created by tiny nanostructures with a structure similar to beer foam or a sponge, according to Yale University researchers. Most colors in nature—from the ...

For years engineers have struggled to create in a usable form a structure known as a gyroid, a peculiar multi-surface object that can both reflect light and conduct electricity and just may hold the ...

Birds primarily use nesting boxes to raise their young in spring and summer, but a simple change can turn the abandoned ...

Squirrel nests, or dreys, are large, round, and insulated structures built for year-round shelter and raising young. Bird nests are typically smaller, cup-shaped, and made from finer materials, ...

A cost-effective technology warns conservationists and wind farm operators via text message when a tagged bird flies past a virtual fence toward a turbine so that they can slow or shut down the ...

Female tanager birds dig flamboyant males. So to build plumage that really pops with orange or red or yellow, a male has to eat fruits and absorb their carotenoids. The fancy feathers he produces then ...

Dick Nikolai of Appleton spent his professional career dedicated to Wisconsin's wildlife, including animals tiny and large, abundant and endangered and game and non-game. But in retirement he's ...

Red backed shrikes migrate using a fixed schedule, flying in stages with little variation, showing that genetics guide bird migration.

The mission of a group of all-girl construction students is to help build homes for the birds at the Dallas Zoo -- and to break down gender stereotypes. Tami Gamble-Gurnell, known as Mrs. G, teaches ...