We usually associate friendship with human behavior, considering our exclusive domain. And that’s a fair assumption, as we ...

A superb starling (Dustin Rubenstein) The non-relative helping behaviour occurs through the formation of reciprocal helping relationships, which tend to take place over many years. “Starling ...

A 20-year field study of the African superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) found striking evidence that birds often switch breeding roles from year to year by taking turns as ‘breeders’ or ...

Sometimes it means helping each other move. And if you’re a superb starling — a flamboyant, chattering songbird native to the African savanna — it means stuffing bugs down the throats of ...

Superb starlings appear to swap between parent and ‘nanny’ roles to help raise chicks over their lifetimes, even when they aren’t related to them ...

A superb starling flock includes birds that are born into the group as well as “immigrants” that join from other families. Raising chicks is a communal effort—a set of parents might get help ...

While women may cheat on men for personal reasons, superb starling females appear to stray from their mates for the sake of their chicks, according to recent Cornell research published in the ...

Golden-breasted starling by Perry Quan; Superb starling by Sumeet Moghe; Violet-backed starling by Doug Janson; and Long-tailed glossy starling by Thom Haslam. These resplendent plumes don’t ...

A superb starling flock includes birds that are born into the group as well as “immigrants” that join from other families. Raising chicks is a communal effort—a set of parents might get help ...