Watch a flock of starlings for a few minutes and it’s easy to see its remarkable behaviour. The birds seem to move in synchrony even though they can be separated by the width of the flock itself.

When animals move together in flocks, herds, or schools, neural dynamics in their brain become synchronized through shared ways of representing space, a new study by researchers from the University of ...

Within a community, different species might share similar predation risks, and, thus, the ability of species to signal and interpret heterospecific threat information may determine species’ ...

June 4 (UPI) --Scientists are finally beginning to understand how and why birds flock. In a new study, published Tuesday in the journal Evolutionary Biology, scientists analyzed the flocking mechanics ...

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 ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Unlike the deer also roaming the town’s front yards, the flamingos don’t eat much. Quietly, gracefully, they arrive by night: pink plastic birds planted by Port Townsend High School ...