Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Latest

“A Collection of Starlings Is Called a Murmuration”

Categories
Intelligent Design
Share
Facebook
Twitter/X
LinkedIn
Flipboard
Print
Email

Click here to display content from Vimeo.
Learn more in Vimeo’s privacy policy.

Here’s a fantastic video caught by two women out canoeing. One’s jaw drops. Clearly, they were not out seeking to have an encounter with a murmuration of starlings — for more on the science of that amazing phenomenon see the Illustra documentary Flight: The Genius of Birds.

David Klinghoffer

Senior Fellow and Editor, Science and Culture Today
David Klinghoffer is a Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. He is the author of seven books including Plato’s Revenge: The New Science of the Immaterial Genome and The Lord Will Gather Me In: My Journey to Jewish Orthodoxy. A former senior editor at National Review, he has contributed to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other publications. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1987. Born in Santa Monica, CA, he lives on Mercer Island, WA.
Benefiting from Science & Culture Today?
Support the Center for Science and Culture and ensure that we can continue to publish counter-cultural commentary and original reporting and analysis on scientific research, evolution, neuroscience, bioethics, and intelligent design.

© Discovery Institute