An advertisement for the 1994 World Cup, fast food wrappers, COVID-19 masks—what birds used to build their nests reflects a ...

Dutch doctoral student Auke-Florian Hiemstra excavated a bird nest, and made a startling discovery. From McDonald's lids to ...

The nests were time capsules, animal-created archives of our human-dominated age. A coot’s nest reveals that what humans throw away doesn’t really go away. By Emily Anthes Auke-Florian ...

Now, scientists are studying Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) nests to learn more about how humans are affecting the natural world. They’re also using the nests to investigate Eurasian coot behavior ...

Lacking vegetation, the birds populating the canals of the Netherlands' capital use refuse to build their nests; a ...

The Eurasian coot, a round and black waterbird with a white beak, is a common sight in the Netherlands, along the canals of Amsterdam. In the wild, coots usually avoid reusing their nests ...

An empty bird’s nest spotted in Amsterdam in 2021 has become world famous, attracting the attention of The Guardian, The New ...

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In late 2021, Hiemstra came across a large coot nest in front of Allard Pierson Museum, the biggest archaeological museum in Amsterdam. Inside the nest, Hiemstra uncovered 635 artificial items ...