Some people can keep looking at the sky for hours together. Several people walk to the beaches or peacefully sit on their ...

This is the incredible moment an enormous murmuration of starlings appeared in the skies over Cumbria, UK on February 7. The aerial display was made up of a flock of over 10,000 birds.

One theory is that individual birds follow their neighbors' lead. There are nearly 120 species of starlings. You can find multiple starling species within the same murmuration. During murmuration ...

Known as a murmuration, the captivating spectacle occurs at dusk, just before the birds settle down to roost. These huge swarms peak in numbers between December and January when migrant starlings ...

An curved arrow pointing right. These amazing flocks of starlings were filmed in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The "murmuration" of starlings, as this phenomenon is known, is used as a survival tactic ...

Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together in the sky? – Artie W., age 9, Astoria, New York A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see.

Together, they form massive flocks made up of thousands of birds. At sunset, huge groups of starlings take to the sky, swooping and swirling into spheres, planes and waves. The phenomenon is called a ...