Bird hotels in Indonesia try to attract swiftlets, whose edible nests are a delicacy in China. The swiftlet nests, made of dried saliva, are used to make bird's nest soup. Farmers compete to attract ...

bird's nest soup in a white bowl - CatherineScarlett/Shutterstock Since the 1500s, Chinese aristocrats demanded bird's nest soup for its purported medicinal benefits ...

PERAPAKAN, Indonesia — With no windows, the gloomy, gray building looming four stories above the rice fields in a remote village in Indonesian Borneo resembles nothing more than a prison. Hundreds of ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Prized in China for its alleged health benefits for hundreds of years, nests made from swiftlets' saliva are being mixed into coffee and cereal as the Southeast Asian ...

It was not in a restaurant that I first tried one of China’s finest delicacies, bird’s nest soup. It was in the office of a nest “dealer” in the Malaysian city of Johor Bahru. Dr Tan Boon Siong ...

Ultrasonic humidifier? Check. Swiftlet Bazooka Tweeter? Check. Feces powder? Er, check. All you need now is a multistory house with no doors or windows but plenty of holes, and you’re almost ready to ...

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It was truly a matter of fate. As a teacher, I never imagined diving into business, let alone bird’s nest production. Initially, bird’s nests seemed like a luxurious, almost unattainable product. But ...

Mallard ducks use their own feathers to insulate their nests. Hummingbirds lay small, white eggs approximately the size of jelly beans. Swiftlets build nests out of their saliva on cave walls and ...

Since the 1500s, Chinese aristocrats demanded bird's nest soup for its purported medicinal benefits. Still popular today, bird's nest soup is found throughout Southeast Asia and can cost you up to ...