Not Just for the Birds: A Showcase of Nests from Museum Collections

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Showy birds' nests have attracted many fans across the ages, from female bowerbirds to 19th-century young naturalists. The domiciles are a great resource for scientists, too, revealing the architects' feeding habits, genetic relationships and more, as described in the August issue of Scientific American . To protect bird populations, the U.S

Urban Birds Boast Big Brains

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Cities have a lot to offer: theater, music, restaurants, birds. Yes, birds.

From iPhones to SciPhones

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1. BirdsEye Developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, BirdsEye has entries on hundreds of the most frequently seen North American bird species and includes images and bird sounds