Mercury levels in layers of ancient bird poo have given scientists the key to understanding how the population has changed ...

Bird poop: not a topic most people take interest in. However, fascinating discoveries are being made from the feces of one slowly disappearing bird in the U.K. Researchers are analyzing pied ...

How many people have sat back and watched as their yards are swarmed by birds? Hummingbirds, bluejays, sparrows, doves, pigeons, and seagulls are common in the region. And let’s not forget turkeys, ...

Bird poop is high in uric acid, which causes it to harden like cement. Getting it off isn't so tough with some elbow grease ...

First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first full moon in May to mate and lay their eggs. The birds soon follow.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A female kestrel in a cherry orchard in northern Michigan. “It’s hard to keep birds out of crops,” Olivia Smith, a study co-author ...

Birds. Some are sacred. Some are deadly. Some are delicious. They can fly, float, swim and sing. Science suggests these magnificent creatures descended from dinosaurs. But when their droppings descend ...

Q: I recently had a flagstone patio installed in my backyard. I love the patio, but I also love having my bird feeder, so the flagstones are covered with bird poop. I routinely take down the feeder at ...