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 ...

Have you ever wondered how a flock of birds can fly in a perfect V-shaped formation? Researchers at New York University have some insights. Researchers conducted experiments using robotic "mock flocks ...

Birds can often be seen navigating the skies in coordinated clusters. Even a relatively small congregation of 50 or so birds flying in time together can be a pretty spectacular sight. When one ...