How do hawks and raptors hunt prey that flock, school or swarm? A new study suggests that rather than homing in on one animal, they aim toward a fixed point in space within a swarm. Researchers ...
COLUMBIA, Pa. (WHTM) — Rosemarie Curcio volunteers with Raven Ridge Wildlife Center. Her specialty, bats. “I have actually a total of sixteen pups, thirteen of which I am actually taking care of, ...
Vampire bats are a Halloween staple, and now they’ve got company. Another bat species snatches birds out of the air for a gruesome midnight feast. For years, scientists have tried to understand how ...
Wind turbines spin at the Strauss Wind Energy Project, which sits on a ridge southwest of Lompoc and includes 27 wind turbine generators. Credit: Len Wood / Noozhawk file photo With 47 dead birds and ...
At least some of that concern is justified. In the mid-1980s, people reported seeing piles of dead raptors at Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area near San Francisco, one of the nation’s first wind farms.