Bird species are hypothesized to join mixed-species flocks (flocks hereon) either for direct foraging or antipredation-related benefits. In this study, conducted in a tropical evergreen forest in the ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

We explored patterns of flight activity, flocking, and habitat use in a diverse community of parrots in an Amazonian lowland forest. Parrots were most active just after sunrise with a second peak of ...

Simple models have given us surprising insight into how animals flock, but most assume they do so through a homogeneous landscape. Colloidal experiments now suggest that a little disorder can have ...