Spotting one of these little white chicks with unique hairdos is rare for even the keenest bird watcher. “What could be mistaken for a cotton ball, pipe cleaner, [or] googly eye craft project, ...

When biologists set out cotton balls treated with a mild pesticide, wild finches in the Galapagos used the cotton to help build their nests, killing parasitic fly maggots to protect baby birds.

Offered insecticide-soaked cotton, birds from four finch species wove it into their nests and effectively stamped out an invasive nest fly, researchers report today in Current Biology.

Offered insecticide-soaked cotton, birds from four finch species wove it into their nests and effectively stamped out an invasive nest fly, researchers report today in Current Biology 1.

Mr Ford paid tribute to CottonInfo employee Stacey Vogel for all her work on the new app, Birds on Cotton Farms, and added that it was free to download. Posted Tue 16 Feb 2016 at 7:54am Tuesday 16 ...