Here's how to grow your bird's nest fern for optimal health and beauty. 1. Choose a container with good drainage. One of the first considerations is selecting the right pot, ...

Bird’s Nest Snake Plant grows slowly. I have had this plant for months. I keep it outdoors in the shade, water it once every two days and fertilise it once a month.

When building a bird nest in ant territory, the best defense could be an offensive fungus. Swollen-thorn acacia trees are aggressively defended by multiple species of ants. And yet, several ...

Some birds, like Red-winged blackbirds, build weaving nests by intertwining plant fibers with knots and loops around branches. “I like [Red-winged blackbird] nests because they're really just ...

In total, Hiemstra’s team found 15 nests that had plastic dating to multiple years, indicating the birds had been reusing them. Using expiration dates to understand nest history can be imprecise.

Nest materials vary with the plant materials available locally. But there are often particular sites or surfaces where you are likely to find nests: hollow live tree cavities, shrubbery, on the ...