Once those birds begin to turn, the message spreads fast: about 20 to 40 meters per second, ScienceNOW reports, meaning a flock of 400 birds needs just about half a second to turn.

Here's how to protect your flock from bird flu outbreaks With a transmission status of "widespread" in wild birds and "sporadic" in poultry flocks, at-home chickens are far from safe.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Style section and ArkansasOnline want to celebrate Draw a Bird Day by publishing readers' drawings, paintings or digital art of birds.

Scientists have recently made a surprising discovery, with the help of a wind tunnel and a flock of birds. Songbirds, many of which make twice-yearly, non-stop flights of more than 1,000 miles to ...

The clues to their navigation markers lay across the night sky, in the stars. And then there's a little bit of mechanics at play.

Goetze: A large and seemingly nervous flock of red-winged blackbirds happened to fly by my location one afternoon.

Safflower seeds are a great addition to any bird feeder, attracting a wide range of colorful birds. They can also deter pests like squirrels and larger birds.

There are nearly as many species of bird-watcher as there are birds, from long-distance fliers who circle the globe looking for rare species, to exuberant enthusiasts (almost never seen without a ...

But in transit flocks with a high proportion of pairs, the interaction of distance was smaller (usually around three neighboring birds).

Looking to the success of birds, group of European researchers has successfully enabled a group of 30 quadcopters to fly in sync after programming the drones to mimic the flight of a flock of birds.

Flocking helps birds notice and defend against predators, as they can all look in different directions to see threats. In addition, if a predator should come upon a flock, it can be distracted and ...