Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive, chicken-like feet. Each year, these birds typically build new, bowl-shaped nests using leaves, rushes and reeds. But, while nesting in ...

Eurasian coots are making their nests out of our trash, reported ZME Science. Researchers in Amsterdam have discovered that ...

Coots' nests in Amsterdam are built using discarded plastic, providing a time capsule into the material's use over the past ...

The Eurasian coot, a round and black waterbird with a white ... every bit of old nesting material remains as the birds stack new layers of material, one breeding season after another.

Is the abundance of plastic in Eurasian coot nests necessarily bad? Yes and no, says Hiemstra. Since plastic doesn’t break down, using it means the birds don't have to spend as much time ...