Two summers ago, a patient looking out his Belgian-hospital window spied in a tree an odd, abandoned magpie nest of plastic and wire. He had, by coincidence, just read a newspaper article about a ...

In the courtyard of a hospital in the city of Antwerp in Belgium, a patient discovered something strange in a huge bird nest. High up in a tree, magpies had made a huge nest using up to 1,500 metal ...

Is the sight of a bird roosting in the branch of a tree something to be enjoyed and admired? According to one NSW council, the answer appears to be no. An image shared to Yahoo News Australia of ...

A patient in a hospital in Belgium saw something highly unusual when looking out of his window: a peculiar bird’s nest that appeared to be made out of metal spikes designed — ironically — to keep ...

Dutch study identifies several examples of corvids’ ‘amazing’ ability to adapt to the urban environment Birds have never shied away from turning human rubbish into nesting materials, but even experts ...

Picture a bird’s nest. Chances are, what comes to mind is a woven basket of twigs and plant fibers—you might not imagine a crown of metal spines. But that’s exactly how some crows and magpies in ...

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 subverting ...