Mother plucker: Steel fingers guided by AI pluck weeds rapidly and autonomously
Robot that uses AI to pull weeds may reduce poisonous herbicide use by 70% for some crops.
Turkeys were a marvel of conservation. Now their numbers are dwindling.
When researchers started trapping and putting radio trackers on female turkeys in the thick woods of southeast Oklahoma, they hoped to learn how hens were successfully raising their young.
The 2023 BirdLife Australia photography winners – in pictures
Superb singers, pollen showers and some jambalaya on the bayou. The winners of the sixth annual BirdLife Australia Bird Photography awards have been announced
New Zealand crowns ‘bird of the century’ championed by John Oliver
The votes are in for New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll and the winner by a significant margin, getting more than 290,000 votes, is the Australasian crested grebe
Scientists learn secret to hummingbirds’ remarkable agility
Tests exploring how birds navigate gaps smaller than their wingspan shed new light on their ‘amazing abilities’
Water birds show off fantastic courtship dance
Two Greater Crested Grebes surprised a photographer with an extremely rare courtship dance.
Endangered parrot species is now thriving in Texas, researchers discover
Red-crowned parrots first arrived in Texas during the 1980s through the illegal pet trade.
Maine’s puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change
On remote islands off the Maine coast, a unique bird held its own this year in the face of climate change.
Prehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wild
Return of takahē – large, flightless bird – to alpine slopes of the South Island marks a conservation victory in New Zealand
Safety concerns for chicks grow as birds build nests with rubbish, study shows
Almost 200 bird species found to build nests with human litter, including cigarette butts, plastic bags and fishing nets
Cape parrot: Saving South Africa’s jewel of the forest
South Africa’s only endemic parrot is the Cape parrot (Poicephalus robustus), known as the ‘jewel of the forest’. With an estimated 1,800 of these birds left in the wild, they are considered an endangered species.
Dancing Capercaillie bird makes a tentative comeback in Scotland
Exclusive: Ecologists say there are early signs that the population is recovering in remote forests
The eagles have landed: widowed white-tailed eagle finds new partner in Ireland
A reintroduction programme saw the first white-tailed eagles hatched in Ireland for more than 100 years.
Experts revive ancient techniques to make concrete more sustainable
A team of experts from EPFL, ETH Zurich, and Archiplein has developed a new type of non-reinforced concrete from stone offcuts. Using methods found in historical archives, the team reduced their use of carbon-intensive cement. They built and tested six load-bearing walls using recovered stone-quarry waste and three types of mortar-based binders.
Long-lost species of golden mole found and photographed for first time
A team of conservationists have rediscovered a species of golden mole that hasn’t been seen in almost 90 years.
Extreme rainfall increases exponentially with global warming
State-of-the-art climate models drastically underestimate how much extreme rainfall increases under global warming, according to a study published Monday
Turning the tide: Vietnam’s war against plastic waste
Vietnam has ambitious targets to tackle the challenge posed by plastic waste. Effective enforcement and implementation are key for success.
UN Chief Calls Antarctica ‘Sleeping Giant… Being Awoken by Climate Chaos’
“It is profoundly shocking to stand on the ice of Antarctica and hear directly from scientists how fast the ice is disappearing.”
