A bird species known as sociable weavers are known to create massive, visually appealing nests in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa ... defying the harsh desert climate. The sociable weaver is about ...

“I noticed the nests seem to be in a constant state of collapse and repair. Once they get to a certain size their excessive weight causes large chunks to fall off,” he explains. “The ...

Across the globe, birds exhibit remarkable nest-building ingenuity, adapting to diverse environments. From bowerbirds' decorative displays to weaver birds' woven baskets and woodpeckers' carved ...

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 ...

LONDON: Can a bird's nest bring down a huge tree? For Africa's incredible social weaver birds, pulling down a tree is a child's game. About the size of sparrows, these birds come together in ...

White-browed sparrow weavers, a species of social bird, assemble complex ... He’s also curious how nest architecture varies over larger distances within the sparrow weaver’s range.

Recent work has shown birds repeating others’ nest building, but those studies were often limited to individuals or small groups in labs. White-browed sparrow weavers, sociable brown-and-white ...

The birds are also known to be a social species—they help each other build their nests together in roosts ... in the structures built by cooperative weaver birds, Science (2024).

These highly social birds live in extended ... maintained consistent nest-building traditions. "What I found most fascinating was the fact that when a new sparrow weaver joins the group, it ...

Birdsong can have “accents,” and crows can teach one another to use tools. Now there’s another reason to suspect the creatures have their own distinct cultures: nest-building practices ...

These highly social birds live in extended ... maintained consistent nest-building traditions. "What I found most fascinating was the fact that when a new sparrow weaver joins the group, it ...