Shanghai studio Xisui Design drew on natural shapes for its minimalist Thin-Shell Metal Woven Pavilion, which was designed as a space where people can rest on a pond in China.

Shanghai studio Xisui Design drew on natural shapes for the minimalist Thin-Shell Metal Woven Pavilion, which was designed as a sunken resting space on a pond in China. The ovoid metal pavilion ...

Birds’ nests can come in all shapes and sizes – from the traditional cup nests to those that hang like pendulums from the branches of trees. Building a nest can take hours, days, sometimes even weeks.

More than 70 bird species adorn their nests with snakeskin, a decorating trick that could help to fend off predators 1.. Certain birds have long been known to incorporate shed snakeskin into their ...

Architects should get behind the campaign to support endangered birds by installing swift bricks in all new UK homes, writes ...

Another design difference is that some birds nest in colonies. The village weaver has among up to 150 neighbours, each in a nest hanging from the same cluster of trees.

The primary reason birds build nests is to create somewhere safe for them to lay and incubate their eggs. They often build these nests high off the ground to protect against predators, but nests ...

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 ...

Dr. Rohwer is the curator of birds and mammals at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates. Most birds go to great lengths to hide their nests. So when I find one, invariably so carefully ...

Unlike most birds that build nests to raise their babies, male bowerbirds build special structures just to attract a mate. They use twigs to make the base and then decorate it with colourful ...

LONDON — Look up. The birds are taking charge. The hard metal spikes that humans install to prevent birds from perching have been found in nests across Europe. The birds are masterfully ...

Snakeskin decor is a bold interior design choice—but for some birds, it's literally a matter of life and death. This is the conclusion of researchers from New York's Cornell University, who ...