held in the Museum's bird egg collection The Museum holds one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of blown birds’ eggs in the world as well as over 4,000 nests. In total we hold over 200 ...

The eggs must be kept warm for the chicks to grow. The birds must stay with the nests, even during the cold ... to the changes in the seasons. How autumn weather affects the behaviour of British ...

President Higgins leads tributes after death of Matt Murphy, founder of Sherkin Island Marine Station ...

Brood parasitic birds lay their eggs in the nests of others, sparing themselves the expense of rearing their own young. The resulting coevolutionary arms race includes sophisticated defenses by ...

Collecting wild bird nests or eggs, or oology (the scientific term for the study of eggs), was seen as an entirely worthy and indeed wholesome hobby. After all, children were out in the fresh air ...

Dozens of bird eggs and chicks were rescued from nests in a single wind-damaged eucalyptus tree that was dangerously close to collapsing in a California park. Now staff at the International Bird ...