Sociable weavers, a highly social and co-operative breeding bird from the savannahs of southern Africa, build the largest nests of any bird, housing colonies of up to several hundred birds that can ...

Often, nature and wildlife give us clues on how we can live in harmony with others. A bird species known as sociable weavers are known to create massive, visually appealing nests in the Kalahari ...

Source: Ragnhild and Neil Crawford, via Wikimedia Commons. The Kalahari region of southern Africa is home to a sparrow-sized bird called the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius). These birds might be ...

Source: Ragnhild and Neil Crawford, via Wikimedia Commons. The Kalahari region of southern Africa is home to a sparrow-sized bird called the sociable weaver ( Philetairus socius). These birds might be ...

Captured by South African photographer Dillon Marsh, these fantastic photographs depict the many designs employed by sociable weavers to build sturdy nests that are safe from intruders such as cobras ...

Looking more like something out of The Lorax than what you would find in Africa’s Kalahari Desert, these fantastically decorated telephone poles are actually home to the aptly named Sociable Weaver ...

That’s one hell of a thatch - up to a tonne of weaver nest. sara_joachim, CC BY-SA How can animals, from ants to people, form social groups with individuals working successfully together for a common ...

That heap of hay in a tree is not a typical animal commune. Huge group nests of sociable weaver birds across southern Africa are about as close as nature gets to building condos. Ant nests, beaver ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Dillon Marsh's photographs of sociable weaver ...