A team of US scientists is turning dead birds into drones to study flight techniques that may help the aviation industry

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A view of a taxidermy bird drone for wildlife monitoring developed by researchers at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico, U.S. March 22, 2023.
A view of a taxidermy bird drone for wildlife monitoring developed by researchers at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico, U.S. March 22, 2023.

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New Jersey's environmental agency called itself out for destroying two endangered birds' protected habitats while creating one for another species

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A red-shouldered hawk fluffs its feathers on a branch
The red-shouldered hawk is an endangered species the department is charged to protect. Instead, it damaged the bird's habitat while making space for the American woodcock.

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Hundreds of Thousands of Birds Simply Didn't Breed After a Stormy Summer in Antarctica

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December and January represent breeding season for seabirds in Antarctica, a time when there should be thousands of active nests. But strong snowstorms during the 2021-2022 season made it difficult for birds to access their usual grounds and resulted in a total failure to reproduce for multiple species.

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