Great efforts have been made to curtail the introduction of exotic species into the wild. One reason is because some become too successful, threatening the well-being of native species. Many plants ...

I mostly write about native birds, species that have existed in California since long before European settlement. However, there are also a few species of local birds that are not native to the New ...

European starlings are one of my favorite "winter’s coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high up in a dead poplar, but rarely see them. This time of year, however, ...

Why is a flock of starlings like a glass of water? The answer is that both are complex systems with many parts acting together as one. The Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Giorgio Parisi has ...

A mesmerising starling murmuration was captured on film swooping over the sea at Cleethorpes. The spectacle was recorded on ...

The four most numerous bird species in the world as listed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) — house sparrow, barn swallow, European starling and ring-billed gull — are found in Minnesota in ...

The European starling is not a well-loved bird, but it is a reliable harbinger of spring. As the light grows stronger, the starling changes color. This happens with other birds, as well. The blush on ...

The bird brought to U.S. by Shakespeare fans has become a noisy, damage-causing pain. A flock of European starlings masses in Indianapolis last fall. Starlings have become a nuisance in several U.S.

Infections with parasites often entail no recognizable signs in many wildlife species, but can have still negative effects across generations. Infected animals often have a slightly reduced body size ...