The communal aerobatic displays that huge flocks of starlings perform above their roosts of an evening are legendary. They are also devilish in their complexity. In the last few years, complexity ...

Do you ever wonder why geese always fly together in a V-shape? We’re not asking about the fact that it makes the work load much less for all but the lead goose. We mean how is it that all geese know ...

When algae and bacteria with different swimming gaits gather in large groups, their flocking behaviour diminishes, something that may reduce the risk of falling victim to aquatic predators. This ...

When algae and bacteria with different swimming gaits gather in large groups, their flocking behavior diminishes, something that may reduce the risk of falling victim to aquatic predators. When algae ...

1) Starling populations in west-central Illinois dropped to one of its lowest levels of the year in July 1965 (100 birds per 100 miles of census route) as a result of either young Starlings migrating ...

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Vol. 120, No. 3 (Sep., 2008), pp. 569-574 (6 pages) Worthen's Sparrow (Spizella wortheni) is one of the most endangered species in Mexico. Its survival depends on ...

More than 70,000 people will flood into the Superdome in New Orleans this weekend, while thousands more swarm through the city’s French Quarter. From a certain perspective, might those Super Bowl fans ...

A murmuration of starlings. The phrase reads like something from literature or the title of an arthouse film. In fact, it is meant to describe the phenomenon that results when hundreds, sometimes ...

Flocks of birds and schools of fish seem to move and respond as a single creature. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager explore what's known and... Sep 11, 2003 — Flocks of birds and schools of fish seem ...