Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flocks of birds have descended upon yards in North Carolina — but does that mean springlike weather is near? It’s possible for ...

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 ...

Key findings show that MSBF species diversity peaks at low latitudes and declines toward higher latitudes, consistent with the classic latitudinal diversity gradient. Globally, β diversity is ...

As I walked along Bolivar Flats, just across from Galveston Island in Texas, I watched flocks of sanderlings forage along the frothy wavefront as it surged and retreated. Nearby, Caspian terns, ...

Birds in flocks, bacteria and cells: In many collective systems, individual elements respond to only part of their surroundings, seemingly defying Newton's third law of motion—action equals reaction.