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 ...
Like the collective motions of bird flocks, the patterns result from the concerted interactions of many individual particles without a central coordinator. Credit: Wikipedia. Like the collective ...
The investigative minds at How to Survive explain why starlings flock in mesmerizing murmurations and the science behind it.
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Sophie Windsor Clive and Liberty Smith happened upon a flock of starlings, called a murmuration, while canoeing at dusk, and captured "one of nature's greatest and most fleeting phenomena" on video.
Species introductions, whether intentional or accidental, almost always result in negative consequences. Non-native plants and animals introduced to a new area tend to die out or take over, rarely do ...