Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. European starlings are one of my favorite "winter's coming" birds. We have a couple that nest during the summer in a cavity high ...

Indeed, as Brawn and his colleagues published in 2010, sleep helps starlings learn new discrimination tasks. The researchers trained the birds to stick their beaks in a hole, a natural starling ...

The starling seems an unexceptional bird, but gather thousands together into a murmuration (named for the sound of a multitude of rapidly beating wings) and they become the grandest show in the sky. A ...

It’s been well-documented that a decreased sex drive can be one of the side effects of antidepressants like Prozac. But the amount of these drugs that end up in sewage plants may also have an impact ...

For European starlings, the presence of aromatic herbs in the nest leads to some improved parenting behaviors, according to a new study. Specifically, birds whose nests incorporate herbs along with ...

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, ...