IT IS one of nature’s most ruthless tricks. African village weaver birds, like many other species, can be fooled into raising cuckoo chicks at the expense of their own. But unlike the others they ...

Weaver bird name for the Ploceidae, a family of Old World seed-eating birds closely resembling finches. The weavers are named for the highly complex woven nests built by many species, though others ...

Sparrow weavers in Africa appear to learn distinct building styles that reflect group traditions, research shows. It raises intriguing questions about avian intelligence. By Rebecca Dzombak Birds can ...

In the South African portion of the Kalahari desert, a bird with an unusual social life is helping biologists work out whether a life of leisure slows down the ageing process Rain clouds gather during ...

Dillon Marsh took to the Kalahari desert to document the oversized avian homes. These massive, amorphous avian homes can support hundreds of birds at a time in their complex interior chambers and ...

Nest-building is not just instinctive but is a skill that birds learn from experience, research suggests. Scientists filmed male Southern Masked Weaver birds in Botswana as they built multiple nests ...

That heap of hay in a tree is not a typical animal commune. Huge group nests of sociable weaver birds across southern Africa are about as close as nature gets to building condos. Ant nests, beaver ...

101 Curious Tales of East African Birds is a new book that uses academic research to tell fascinating stories about the tropical birds of east Africa, from well-known species to rare ones. It also ...