From the depths of winter to the dog days of summer, these native bushes, trees, and vines can help support a variety of ...

S ome ferns can be fussy to grow indoors and tend to drop fronds constantly (we’re looking at you, Boston fern!), but the bird’s nest fern is a true gem. With thick strappy le ...

Why Birds Need Native Plants Native plants for birds are like Mom’s home cooking. They’re the tried-and-true foods that keep ...

Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are.

SEE ALSO: How to actually find the right kind of light for your plants Writer and editor Delia Cai, who also has a bird's nest fern, had a similar experience. "Mine was not doing well until I put ...

Nest boxes help many species of birds, including eastern bluebirds, tree swallows and wood ducks, by providing protection ...

Linn County Conservation is preparing for the return of the bluebirds, setting up nest boxes for the upcoming nesting ...

The Italian ecologist knew the trash hung from the nests of a certain bird, the black kite. But why? Many species of birds decorate their nests to attract a mate—but kites already have partners ...

“The common coot is a wetland bird that in The Netherlands originally built its nests of plant materials which rapidly decay, so coots normally construct a new nest every year. However, as ...

In the wild, coots usually avoid reusing their nests, as their preferred building materials are typically fast-decaying plant matter ... material remains as the birds stack new layers of material ...