birds

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Nemenman will soon teach at the Konstanz School of Collective Behavior in Germany, where scientists study systems ranging from flocks of birds to human crowds.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

"We propose that the system found in Captorhinus represents the ancestral condition for the kind of rib assisted respiration present in living reptiles, birds, and mammals" said Reisz.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

It is less than a mile from the coast and its isolation means birds are protected from predators and people.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

But now, without his headphones, he enjoyed listening to birds sing as he took walks around Washington.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

I had always thought of birds as not terribly intelligent—although Hawk did much to change my mind.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen