The Department of Fish and Game plans to trap a flock of birds not native to Alaska that is trying to move in. The agency says starlings could cause big problems for humans and other birds native to ...

The next time the sky darkens with a flock of noisy unwelcome starlings, blame Shakespeare - or, better yet, a few of his strangest fans. Had the Bard not mentioned the starling in the third scene of ...

Conservationists would have you believe that protecting birds is vital to the ecological balance — and that humans who kill them are enemies of the environment. For the most part, they’re right.

Watching starling murmurations as the birds swoop, dive, and wheel through the sky is one of the great pleasures of a dusky winter’s evening. From Naples to Newcastle, these flocks of agile birds are ...