A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see. As many as 750,000 birds join together in flight. The birds spread out and come together. The flock splits ...
While sitting on my back porch one day during late afternoon, my leisurely pursuit was interrupted as a large and seemingly nervous flock of red-winged blackbirds happened to fly by my location. The ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joan Strassmann, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) As I walked ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The late Oxford University biologist William D. Hamilton discussed the advantages of ...