Birds like the African starlings engage in reciprocal helping behavior, a concept once thought exclusive to humans.

Besides dryer lint, don’t be tempted to put out yarn or human hair as nesting materials. Birds, especially young chicks, can ...

Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,” one ...

Superb starlings appear to swap between parent and ‘nanny’ roles to help raise chicks over their lifetimes, even when they ...

“Having a bird feeder out is not harmful, as long as you keep your feeders clean,” says Schuler. “There are recommendations ...

The fact that humans who are not related by blood help each other repeatedly over time is demonstrably true—think of the ...

People can help millions of migrating birds safely reach their nesting grounds by doing something simple starting tonight, ...

An estimated 1 billion migratory birds die each year in North America because of collisions with homes, commercial buildings, ...

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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 ...