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Published online 8 March 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news000309-7
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Flying high
Starlings may pack their nests with powerful aromatic herbs to give fledglings a flying start in life, explains David Adam.
Crows may not be the only birds to get stoned. Young starlings fly further in life if they grow up in a drug-filled environment, intoxicating new research suggests.
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