In his new book Interesting Bird Nests & Eggs, in which all these images appear, Douglas Russell, senior curator at the ...

A museum curator with a ladder showed that birds that build cavity-style nests are able to protect their eggs with the skin ...

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 200,000 data-rich clutches of eggs, ...

Douglas G.D. Russell, a senior curator responsible for the bird nests and eggs at the Natural History Museum’s location in Tring, Hertfordshire, wrote the book based on the specimens he looks after.

A 'bizarre' material used by some birds to line their nests in tree cavities could actually save their offspring.

More than 70 bird species adorn their ... microorganisms and parasites inside the nest. Of these, only predation seemed to be affected by snakeskin: eggs in cavity nests containing snakeskin ...