Green receives competitive research funding from the Andalusian and Spanish governments to study interactions between birds ...
Researchers reconstructed the history of an unusual 30-year-old bird nest based on the expiration dates printed on plastic waste in the structure. Reading time 3 minutes Plastic may have started a new ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birds, like humans, have found that plastic lasts longer than plant-based materials. Water-dwelling coots, seeking to make do in ...
Nest researcher Auke-Florian Hiemstra stumbled upon a bird nest that appeared to go back 30 years in time – filled with historical plastics. His discovery of successive layers of plastic in birds’ ...
In March 2025, a collision out in the North Sea led to millions of tiny plastic pellets reaching our shores. A mass clear-up began and worried wildlife charities warned of potential devastation for ...
New research reveals the impact of discarded plastic materials on young birds – with chicks dying after becoming entangled in synthetic fibres used to build their nests. Scientists from the University ...
Netherlands-based BirdBlocker has developed a plastic strip that can be placed under solar panels installed on pitched rooftops. The long needles prevent birds from nesting under the modules. The ...