In fact, errors aren’t magnified by the birds’ movements, but washed away. The flock shows what physicists call scale-free correlations, which “is like a game of telephone where information ...
Flocks of birds wheeling, swooping and gliding in unison, as if choreographed, are a wonderful sight. The benefit to members of the flock are many including safety from predators, more eyes to ...
A United Airlines jetliner struck a flock of birds while landing at the Santa Barbara Airport over the weekend, but no damage or injuries were reported, ...
Gulls and American robins often flock together and travel in swarms, but red-winged blackbirds, European starlings, and grackles are excellent examples of birds that utilize murmuration flocking ...