Photos shared to social media claim to depict a swarm of starlings flying through the air often, incredibly, in the shape of ...

In 1931, the ornithologist Edmund Selous argued that a starling murmuration, which he described as “a madness in the sky,” could only arise through telepathy. The birds “must think ...

Together, they form massive flocks made up of thousands of birds. At sunset, huge groups of starlings take to the sky, swooping and swirling into spheres, planes and waves. The phenomenon is called a ...

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. If birds left tracks in the sky, what would they look like? For years Barcelona-based photographer Xavi Bou has been ...

One theory is that individual birds follow their neighbors' lead. There are nearly 120 species of starlings. You can find multiple starling species within the same murmuration. During murmuration ...

The "murmuration" of starlings, as this phenomenon is known, is used as a survival tactic by the small birds against predators. Music by MTT. Video produced by Alpaca Media. Follow PyroPix on ...

Thousands of birds have been captured on camera swooping above a village at sunset. The starlings were spotted flying and changing direction in unison in Crick, Northamptonshire. Murmurations like ...

"The murmuration was so close to our estate ... theory behind murmurations was that the formations allowed the birds to avoid predators as they come to roost, using "safety in numbers" by joining ...