It’s not uncommon for still, silent winter landscapes to be suddenly disrupted by distant birdcalls. Within moments, half a dozen kinds of birds appear, flitting among tree branches, climbing up ...

A deeply nasal “wank, wank, wank” issued from an oak tree next to the pine and I was struck with the pleasant thought that I was suddenly sharing the forest with a white-breasted nuthatch, a unique ...

It’s a mesmerizing sight: Thousands of birds move in unison through the evening sky, whirling and swooping as if performing a highly synchronized ballet. When they finally descend to their treetop ...

Greenberg, Russell S. 2001. "Birds of many feathers: the formation and structure of mixed species flocks of forest birds." In On the move: how and why animals travel in groups. Boinski, S. and Garber, ...

On October 11, 2025, in Jinchang, Gansu, a video captured the spectacular sight of a vast flock of migratory geese flying southward in perfect formation. Against the clear autumn sky, the birds formed ...

(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 ...

Joan Strassman wrote a book, The Social Lives of Birds, and this piece might increase sales of this book since it is about the same topic and is cited. The late Oxford University biologist William D.