Farmers have had long-running battles trying to keep birds of many varieties from eating their sweetcorn. They've used propane cannons, visual deterrents and even shotguns, but none succeed for very ...

Damage to crops caused by birds costs millions of dollars each year. Now, researchers from the University of Florida and the University of Rhode Island in the US are investigating the effectiveness of ...

As drones have become more common and affordable, many animal-loving people have worried about their tendency to scare wildlife. Yet that problem may have a silver lining: drones might be used to ...

People like to build airports on, or very close to, sites that have been used for millennia as resting and refueling stopovers by migrating birds. And this creates a lot of conflicts. The Bird Strike ...

Pennsylvania farmers are using laser systems to deter predators like herons and hawks from eating their pheasants and fish.

Back in the day, farmers used straw-stuffed scarecrows to frighten off hungry birds. Here in 2017 — at least if you’re one particular tech-savvy blueberry farm in Oregon — there’s a cutting edge ...

It’s annoying when a bird poops on your car, but large flocks of them can be a genuine problem in some areas. But when a straw-stuffed scarecrow just isn’t keeping them at bay, a company called Bird-X ...

The crows don’t have a chance. Fifty scarecrows have appeared in Branchville for the Fifth Annual Scarecrow Contest and at least 50 more are going to join them. “It’s a great Norman Rockwell type of a ...