An artist who sketches and paints seabirds has described the Northumberland Coast as a "great place to come" to create ...

When it comes to home-building, some birds put even the finest architects to shame. Their nests are not just shelters but ...

Rockford is home to a lot of public art installations. This summer, a group of students is adding even more through the ...

Watermark Art Center will offer three art workshops this June, including basket weaving, birds of a feather mixed-media projects and a ceramic garden bells class. Master weaver Shannon Lucas ...

The male Village Weaver, an aptly named passerine from Africa, is among one of the craftiest avian daddies around. This determined engineer weaves strips of grass, reeds, or palm blades to build up to ...

Some birds such as the Oriental Honey Buzzard, well-adapted to prey on bee larvae, have a sweet tooth. Others such as the Hoopoe love some leisurely ‘me-time’, with sun-bathing an ...

Diné weaver Martha Gorman Schultz holds up her award-winning hand-woven rug that swept the best in show award at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 1990. (all photos courtesy Marilou Schultz unless ...

Meanwhile, male weaver birds build intricately woven nests to attract potential mates. These are made using twigs or plant material (whichever is readily available) and can contain more than 1,000 ...

The birds have been busy, building shelters of straw and grass. Up close the real shape of the "pom-poms" becomes clear: grass tubes in the form of an upside down "U", with an opening at each end.