Maria Cristina Tello-Ramos Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren’t solely controlled by instinct ...

Keen-eyed Mount Vernonites have recently been watching osprey pairs add sticks to last year’s nests atop light poles at Martin Luther King Park and Walt Whitman Middle School’s ball field. Birds are ...

Warwick primatologists, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute, have shown that young orangutans develop their nighttime nest-building skills via observational social learning—by closely ...

These variegated, collaged-looking nests — fetching up to $250 each — are a recent fixation in interior design.

Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren't solely controlled by instinct and the environment. Instead ...

Nest-building isn't just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building... When birds build nests, they're also building a culture ...