By tricking live fish into attacking computer-generated "prey," scientists have learned that animals like birds and fish may indeed have evolved to swarm together to protect themselves from the threat ...

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 ...

The birds rose simultaneously as I drew near, and then settled farther down the beach, clearly fearing me. The late Oxford University biologist William D. Hamilton discussed the advantages of flocking ...