(WHTM) — In Pennsylvania, you may see many geese throughout the year. During the fall and winter months, you may hear them honking as they fly overhead in a V shape. When the geese are in a V ...
Have you ever seen a group of birds flying in a neat V shape and wondered why they do it? It may look beautiful and well-planned, but there’s a smart reason behind it. Birds use this formation to save ...
Birds fly in a V formation to save energy. The bird in front creates lift for those behind. This teamwork makes long flights ...
In their paper “ V-like formations in flocks of artificial birds ”, the two Brazilian researchers found that BOTH theories are true. They found that geese migrate in a “V” formation to provide each ...
DEAR JOAN: From my morning coffee perch across from Alameda Beach, I have watched the morning activities of the brown pelicans for years. They fly from west to east every morning in large numbers, 30 ...
Anyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds that these big-winged birds carefully position their ...
You've heard of being a copycat, but what about a copyflap? That's apparently just what birds are doing when flying in a V-formation, something that's frequently seen when giant flocks migrate across ...