First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first full moon in May to mate and lay their eggs. The birds soon follow.

Birds. Some are sacred. Some are deadly. Some are delicious. They can fly, float, swim and sing. Science suggests these magnificent creatures descended from dinosaurs. But when their droppings descend ...

You may love watching your feathered friends visit your yard every day, but while backyard birds bring beauty and life to your home, their droppings can quickly become a nuisance, especially when it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A female kestrel in a cherry orchard in northern Michigan. "It's hard to keep birds out of crops," Olivia Smith, a study co-author ...

Last week, the moment I stepped onto the balcony to hang out the laundry, I sighed when I noticed the railing was covered in ...

You probably didn’t know this, but for a long time, researchers have suspected that bird droppings may have helped nations like Peru dominate their regions in ancient times. Now science has confirmed ...

In a bid to get ahead of the next global flu pandemic, scientists have turned to a surprising tool: bird poop. In remote parts of the Indian Ocean and Oceania — regions often neglected during global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You thought you might have trouble with your job. You thought you might have issues with your mother-in-law. But you never ...

I have a poop problem. This may sound a bit vulgar – "low register," as an online slang dictionary termed it – but I bought a new car and birds are pooping all over it. Yes, I know, the word "poop" ...

Bird poop: not a topic most people take interest in. However, fascinating discoveries are being made from the feces of one slowly disappearing bird in the U.K. Researchers are analyzing pied ...