Winter starlings are black with white spots, but spring starlings can be brilliantly iridescent. Photo by Jeff Tome You can find birds living just about anywhere if you stop to look around for a bit, ...

A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see. As many as 750,000 birds join together in flight. The birds spread out and come together. The flock splits ...

Noisy. Drab. Pest. These are common reactions when I mention the starling. That is totally understandable. They are indeed loud, nonnative, and commonplace. But they have one amazing super power.

This pretty bird with white speckles is a common starling. It has been introduced to several countries of the world, but is native to Europe and western Asia. It is often viewed as an unwanted guest.

Our common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, (even the Latin, vulgaris, means common or vulgar) is a blackish bird that, when in breeding plumage, is a riot of dark colors, circles and streaks glittering ...

We asked our friends at the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville to spotlight something fascinating about our state. Here, Bard meets bird. How did the European starling make it to ...

(The Conversation) – Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. A shape-shifting flock of ...

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