Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sanderlings run in groups as they hunt for food in the sand on Long Beach Island, N.J. Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond ...

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 ...

Researchers and volunteers in Texas documented birds of different species preening one another. Experts say the behavior may be more common than documented.

“Birds of a feather flock together.” You’ve heard this phrase hundreds, or maybe even thousands of times — but do you know what it means? Do birds of a feather really flock together in nature, or is ...

The birds rose simultaneously as I drew near, and then settled farther down the beach, clearly fearing me. The late Oxford University biologist William D. Hamilton discussed the advantages of flocking ...

(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 ...