"To our knowledge, the species had been photographed only once." ...

Two Kenyan birders rediscovered the rare Red Weaver Bird in Lamu county's Boni-Dodori Forest more than a decade after the bird was last documented.

The rediscovery of the red weaver bird was a thrilling experience after an 11-day field expedition in the wildlife-infested ...

A team of biologists in the U.K. and Canada has found that at least one type of bird has its own distinct nest building style. In their study, published in the journal Science, the group conducted a ...

From afar, the acacia trees look like they have been decorated with grass pom-poms. The birds have been busy, building shelters of straw and grass. Up close, the real shape of the "pom-poms" becomes ...

Weaver birds speckle their eggs to prevent cuckoos sneaking eggs into their clutch, but they leave their eggs plain when cuckoos are not present IT IS one of nature’s most ruthless tricks. African ...

Tswalu Kalahari Reserve is a protected nature reserve at the southern edge of the Kalahari desert in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. It’s an arid area with high daytime temperatures and ...

In the thorny acacia trees of the Kalahari Desert, avian construction crews are hard at work. White-browed sparrow weavers, a species of social bird, assemble complex roosts and nests from ...

Research shows a statistical link between diet, habitat, social behavior and mating systems in birds. Weaver birds that eat seeds flock together and nest in colonies more commonly than those species ...

A white-browed sparrow weaver looks up at a neighbouring roost. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images From afar, the acacia trees look like they have been decorated with grass pom-poms. The ...