Nov. 9—A decade ago, Corinna Nicole saw a video of a murmuration for the first time. "This is not real; this cannot be real. To see this huge flock of birds just creating these amazing, mesmerizing ...

Swarm behavior is a phenomenon observed in nature where flocks of birds, schools of fish, and swarms of insects exhibit coordinated movement. Each entity interacts with its surroundings and other ...

Algae bloom, birds flock, and insects swarm. This en masse behavior by individual organisms can provide separate and collective good, such as improving chances of successful mating propagation or ...

Drone swarms are changing warfare, air defense, and civilian aviation. Here’s how coordinated drones work, fight, and play ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... BUDAPEST, Hungary — Moving in a dense cloud, like throngs of people walking across a crowded public square, 100 drones maneuver through the night sky in ...

This study is led by Professor Dong Ren and Dr. Jiajia Wang (College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University). The obvious aggregations, a large gathering of adult caddisflies, were found in six ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Moving in a dense ...

A study recently published in Science has found that classical models of collective behavior fail to explain the mechanisms driving desert locust swarms—an ecological phenomenon that affects millions ...

Bees, ants, and termites build complex structures without blueprints, architects, or construction supervisors. Their colonies produce intricate hives and nests by relying on local cues like warmth, ...

Bee warned. Hordes of bees have been flocking to planters, trash bins and even bicycles around Midtown Manhattan this season, according to multiple social media posts and videos capturing the ...

Insects have been known to sense and tap into electric fields, but new research shows that swarms can actually produce atmospheric electric charges. By measuring the extent of this influence, the ...