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“The swallows are so cute when they hatch out first, they look so ugly when they get their pin feathers coming, and all of a ...

A 20-year field study of the African superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) found striking evidence that birds often switch breeding roles from year to year by taking turns as ‘breeders’ or ...

Yet, for African starlings, the bonds they form go far beyond mere parenting duties. We know animals form helping relationships with direct blood relatives. However, the occurrence of long-running ...

Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,” one scientist said. By Asher Elbein True friends, most people would agree ...

Marte will serve as the Mets' designated hitter and No. 6 batter in Sunday's game against the Cubs. Marte had been occupying the short side of a platoon at DH with Jesse Winker (oblique) until the ...

A study of starlings in Africa shows that they form long-term social bonds similar to human friendships. The fact that humans who are not related by blood help each other repeatedly over time is ...

Superb starlings—medium-sized, often brilliantly colored birds in eastern Africa—work together to raise their flock’s young. And according to a new study, they reciprocally help each other ...

They say it takes a village to raise a child; for these birds, it is no different. Superb starlings not only help raise other starlings’ chicks, but they also switch between the roles of ...