In June, fruits on trees and shrubs begin to ripen, quickly attracting starlings. Although they are beautiful and intelligent ...

In late May 2025, a video (archived) circulated online purportedly showing a starling murmuration — a spectacle where starlings gather in the thousands at dusk and collectively fly in shape ...

Superb starlings appear to swap between parent and ‘nanny’ roles to help raise chicks over their lifetimes, even when they aren’t related to them ...

Starlings have dropped to their lowest ever recorded numbers in Britain, results from the world’s largest garden wildlife survey have found. Prior to 2000, the species was regularly the most ...

Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence of long-term, reciprocal helping behavior among African starlings, challenging ...

In Japan, the Chestnut-cheeked Starling is also known as the ‘cherry blossom bird’, as it arrives during cherry blossom season and favours cherry fruits. If I ever succeed in capturing photographs of ...

Article continues below However, certain species, like starlings, take a particular liking to specific food scraps. A bird enthusiast has revealed that if you’re looking to attract more ...

I was hosing bird droppings—a staggeringly copious amount of them—off my front stoop when I saw one author of the mess parked on a powerline above my house. In rapid succession, pitch-perfect ...

Infected starlings have a smaller action radius, which limits their access to high-quality foraging habitats. Infections with parasites often entail no recognisable signs in many wildlife species ...

Residents of Richmond, a city in the Bay Area, say they have watched dozens of birds drop dead in recent months ...