If birds are turning your favorite patio spot into a messy headache, experts say a few changes to your outdoor space could make it less appealing.

First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first full moon in May to mate and lay their eggs. The birds soon follow.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A female kestrel in a cherry orchard in northern Michigan. "It's hard to keep birds out of crops," Olivia Smith, a study co-author ...

Keep welcoming birds to your yard – just not directly above where you park. These humane solutions encourage them to choose a better spot.

Q: I recently had a flagstone patio installed in my backyard. I love the patio, but I also love having my bird feeder, so the flagstones are covered with bird poop. I routinely take down the feeder at ...

You probably didn’t know this, but for a long time, researchers have suspected that bird droppings may have helped nations like Peru dominate their regions in ancient times. Now science has confirmed ...

Bird poop: not a topic most people take interest in. However, fascinating discoveries are being made from the feces of one slowly disappearing bird in the U.K. Researchers are analyzing pied ...