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.

Researchers discovered that when recordings of alarm calls made by sociable weaver birds were played at the ... Cape Town’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, saw the team of ...

The bird was described in the journal African Bird Club as "the first record of a golden-naped weaver in Uganda." "It is a good addition for tourism in the forests in western Uganda," said ...

Researchers chose the colourful African bird because they build complex nests, which is potentially a sign of intelligence. More importantly, Weaver birds build many nests -- often dozens in a ...

Like many people, when I think of Africa, I think of wildlife safaris. What outdoorsperson hasn’t at least entertained the ...

These birds would be at it for 10-20 minutes," says ecologist Tim Birkhead of the red-billed buffalo weaver and its remarkable false phallus. A male uses his organ to rub females up the right way ...