The Italian ecologist knew the trash hung from the nests of a certain bird, the black kite. But why? Many species of birds decorate their nests to attract a mate—but kites already have partners ...

Jeannine Luby grew tired of seeing litter scattered throughout Scranton and set out to make a difference. After originally embracing the Swedish practice of “plogging” — picking up trash while out ...

noticed that the birds were incorporating litter and plastic debris into their nests. He wondered if he could use the layers of trash to unravel each nest’s history—similar to how ...

“Sometimes found materials make really interesting art projects.” Cloutier created a bird’s nest in a tree using items including trash bags, beads from a broken necklace, paper, foam and ...