Beloved actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were saddled with credit card debt at the time of their tragic deaths ...

Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes Despite a plethora of products designed to keep birds off buildings, our feathered friends are sending a clear message: Nice try.

Spikes placed on buildings to deter birds are being used by birds to build nests in several locations around Europe. “It sounds like a joke,” says Auke-Florian Hiemstra at the Naturalis ...

Back to the anti-bird spikes. Ironically, these rows of upward-pointing spikes may be an appropriate substrate for a nest, as the pins help to secure the twigs, especially on sloping surfaces.

Wealthy residents have attached ‘anti-bird spikes’ to trees in a bid to protect their expensive cars from droppings, outraging environmentalists. The spikes – which are generally used to ...

The clear spikes, usually used to stop birds roosting on buildings, were installed on the branches of a tree in Clifton, Bristol, to deter pigeons from resting on it.