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Biologist Juan Masello has broken multiple bones, crushed a vein, and nearly drowned studying the world's largest parrot colony, at Balneario El Condor in Argentina.

Studying the World's Largest Parrot Colony Is an Extreme Sport

Cliffside with Argentina's burrowing parrots, biologist Juan Masello has broken bones, crushed a vein, and nearly drowned.

James Hall May 14, 2024

On the nesting colony platform, a common tern watches over its chicks beside tufts of artificial grass that mimic the birds' traditional nesting habitat.

Maryland's Rare Seabirds Get a Life Raft and Babysitters

Scientists don bike helmets and dodge bird poop to care for a colony of endangered common terns.

Ashley Stimpson June 6, 2023

Wilmington, Delaware

Enchanted Woods at Winterthur Gardens

An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.

South Africa's Penguins May Beat the Heat With New Ceramic Nests

The artificial nests could shield the endangered seabirds from rising temperatures.

Ryan Truscott December 12, 2022

Bath Road Heronry Photographers

Peninsula, Ohio

Bath Road Heronry

Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.

The new neighbors have moved in.

Giant, Sprawling Yellow Jacket Nests Are Surging in Alabama

Warming winters may be responsible.

Sabrina Imbler July 1, 2019

<em>Cataglyphis fortis</em> has a Michelin-star memory (for smelling foods).

Desert Ants Can Remember Food Smells Like Gourmet Chefs

But they quickly forget the smells of their own nests.

Matthew Taub September 24, 2018

Another masterpiece of insect architecture.

Found: A Spiraling Bees' Nest

And they're stingless!

Vittoria Traverso January 23, 2018