The Kotla reservoir, though not a formally protected wildlife sanctuary, supports hundreds of migratory birds each year, ...

"The oldest layer is as old as me — all my life, a bird was nesting here," said Auke-Florian Hiemstra, a biologist at the ...

Aaron Ziemann delivers a presentation on the post-treatment studies of Eurasian watermilfoil at eight sites last summer at the Adirondack Park Agency’s Feb. 13 meeting in Ray Brook. (Enterprise ...

After you've admired the sweeping views at the Brisbane Lookout, Mount Coot-tha, walk (or drive) about 1.5 miles northeast to the Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mount Coot-tha. At this 138-acre ...

The single-day exercise was conducted by 71 volunteers under the aegis of Mysore Nature led by A. Shivaprakash, a well-known birder and ornithologist, and the 19 teams, which took part in the exercise ...

there is a familiarity to this image of a family of Eurasian coots at Thalambur lake on March 5, 2025. Both parents are equally invested in child-rearing. When danger is perceived, they team up to ...

The Eurasian coot, a round and black waterbird with a white beak, is a common sight in the Netherlands, along the canals of Amsterdam. In the wild, coots usually avoid reusing their nests ...

A McDonald’s McChicken container from 1996. Decades-old plastic packaging. Look inside the nests of Eurasian coots, and you’ll find a surprising history of human plastic production.

A recent study conducted in Amsterdam has uncovered how Eurasian coots (Fulica atra) are adapting to urban environments by incorporating plastic waste into their nesting materials. This innovative ...

Scientists studying Eurasian coots in Amsterdam found layers of decades-old garbage in their urban nests Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive ...

Coots' nests in Amsterdam are built using discarded plastic, providing a time capsule into the material's use over the past ...