In 1931, the ornithologist Edmund Selous argued that a starling murmuration, which he described as “a madness in the sky,” could only arise through telepathy. The birds “must think ...

A "breathtaking" attack by what was believed to be a peregrine falcon on a murmuration of thousands of starlings has been captured on video. Alex Cunningham managed to film the "incredible ...

At sunset, huge groups of starlings take to the sky, swooping and swirling into spheres, planes and waves. The phenomenon is called a murmuration, and it's named after the noise that is made by the ...