Weaver birds are the artisans extraordinaire of the bird world. As their name suggests, they fashion intricate nests out of plant material, carefully threaded and woven into a solid structure. All of ...

From afar, the acacia trees look like they have been decorated with grass pom-poms. The birds have been busy, building shelters of straw and grass. Up close the real shape of the "pom-poms" becomes ...

A weaver bird with dark coloured feathers and a golden neck has been discovered in the Semliki forests in the Albertine rift valley. This brings the number of bird species in Uganda to 1,020. A weaver ...

Tswalu Kalahari Reserve is a protected nature reserve at the southern edge of the Kalahari desert in South Africa's Northern Cape province. It's an arid area with high daytime temperatures and ...

In the South African portion of the Kalahari desert, a bird with an unusual social life is helping biologists work out whether a life of leisure slows down the ageing process Rain clouds gather during ...

Dillon Marsh took to the Kalahari desert to document the oversized avian homes. These massive, amorphous avian homes can support hundreds of birds at a time in their complex interior chambers and ...

That heap of hay in a tree is not a typical animal commune. Huge group nests of sociable weaver birds across southern Africa are about as close as nature gets to building condos. Ant nests, beaver ...

From afar, the acacia trees look like they have been decorated with grass pom-poms. The birds have been busy, building shelters of straw and grass. Up close, the real shape of the "pom-poms" becomes ...