When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting home décor choice. For some birds, it keeps predators at bay. Researchers combined new and historical data to show ...

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird ...

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama's dense rainforest, the bird ...

To avoid attracting predators such as chipmunks ... But if you catch a bird starting to nest, say, over your front door and ...

Francis was already familiar with this sort of bird theater, typically performed for earthbound diurnal predators in the hopes that, instead of finding the killdeer’s nest, they’d see a plump, ...

A tiny bird in Australia has been spotted using fake hawk alarm calls to scare threats away from their nests to protect their ...

A Bluebird is a sparrow-sized bird – not to be confused with the much bigger and bolder Blue Jay. The Bluebird is a member of ...

Scientists discovered a hummingbird chick that twitches like a caterpillar. This behavior scares off predators.

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

When Falk and Taylor walked closer to the nest, the chick began ... Prior studies have suggested bird chicks in the tropics are more likely to be eaten by predators than those in temperate forests.