Nature's constant flux demands animal adaptability. A new study reveals how unpredictable interactions, or stochasticity, ...

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In nature, massive congregations of animals are observed to be in motion and seem to behave in a coordinated fashion. Schools of fish are seen to be moving in perfect synchrony, flocks of birds are ...