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National GeographicDescribed by ornithologist Edmund Selous in 1931 as “a madness in the sky,” scientists have long been fascinated by starling murmurations, the shape-shifting clouds that starlings form in the sky one hour before sunset—captured here by Nat Geo photographer Søren Solkær. Over the past two decades, scientists in Rome have studied these formations and gained fascinating insights into how they form and move. Find out more about this complex behavior and what recent studies have revealed at the 🔗 in bio.
On the profile · Mar 26, 2025