As hunters gear up for the season, state wildlife agencies are busy preparing habitats for the upcoming nesting season, for ...

A distinct knocking sound could be heard in the southern red oak behind me. It stopped briefly before starting up again, this ...

Here in Minnesota, natural tree cavities and artificial nest boxes are important for tens of dozens of different species of ...

to determine the nesting success rates of ducks that used the boxes. Indeed, if the eggs hatch, you can count the egg membranes to reasonably assess the number of ducklings that hatched.

Fetching more than $15,000 for a comforter, or more than $2,000 for a jacket, eiderdown is considered the warmest and most expensive of all down feathers. It’s a booming business with a complicated ...

A total of 191 Roseate terns chicks hatched on Coquet Island this year, with 92% of the birds going on to fledge ...

A colony of one of the UK's rarest breeding seabirds which was devastated by bird flu for the past two years has seen a record number of chicks hatch at ... returning to nest on the island were ...

The researchers calculated that the heated nest location more than halved the time it took for eggs laid there to hatch — reducing the risk of being munched by snails, shrimp and other predators.

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — Cape Hatteras National Seashore is celebrating another remarkable sea turtle nesting season, with four nests still incubating as the season winds down. This year marked the ...

This year marked the sixth-highest number of nests laid, reflecting an average season overall, a news release from the park service said. “It’s common for nesting numbers to fluctuate from year to ...

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Kestrels lay up to five eggs in a box — one egg laid per day — which hatch all at once. LEWISTOWN — Watching cavity-nesting birds build nests and care for their young in nest boxes is deeply ...