Editor's Note: This article was provided by The Conversation UK. The original is here. Across the globe, hundreds of species of birds can be seen flying in V-formations. We have long suspected that ...

Across the globe, hundreds of species of birds can be seen flying in V formations. We have long suspected that these formations might help birds fly with less effort, but the precise mechanics of this ...

Scientists have used mathematical modelling developed by Alan Turing to learn more about the behaviour of birds. Researchers used the method to study why flocks of long-tailed tits segregate ...

When I read in The New York Times today that pigeons can do math, I practically got up and did a jig. I've always said math is for the birds, but who knew that it would be math's academic twin, ...

Across the globe, hundreds of species of birds can be seen flying in V-formations. We have long suspected that these formation might help birds fly with less effort. Yet the precise mechanics have ...