A multidisciplinary, multi-institutional team of researchers in the U.S. has found that starlings that fly in a follower position expend 25% less energy than when they fly solo. In their study, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see. As many as 750,000 birds join together ...

SANTA CRUZ — A murmuration of European starlings pulsates over houses on Quarry Lane in Santa Cruz as the sky is painted in warm hues by the sunset. The starlings, occasionally joined by a few ...

Over 10 years ago while on a woodland hike with a friend in northwestern Pennsylvania, an intense low pitched pitter-patter sound from overhead startled us. Was it a sudden downpour on a sunny day?

Thousands upon thousands of birds have flown together in dazzling shape-shifting formations at dusk above San Rafael, Calif., over the past two weeks. The European starlings fly in flocks called ...

Noisy. Drab. Pest. These are common reactions when I mention the starling. That is totally understandable. They are indeed loud, nonnative, and commonplace. But they have one amazing super power.

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together ...