Bird damage is a significant factor impacting production and profit for California farms, stated Bird Control Group, in recent company remarks. The company noted that growers have reported seasonal ...

Nothing stings quite like watching berries reach perfect ripeness only to disappear one peck at a time. Birds possess ...

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 ...

CASSELTON, N.D. — The “laser scarecrow” doesn’t have menacing red eyes beneath a straw hat or beams shooting out from corn husk fingers extending out from an old flannel shirt. A laser scarecrow is ...

In the future, cameras could spot blackbirds feeding on grapes in a vineyard and launch drones to drive off the avian irritants, then return to watch for the next invading flock. All without a human ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- It prowls the pond, on the hunt for pelicans and cormorants. When it's close enough, SPLAT! It's a solar-powered robot scarecrow that guards catfish and crawfish ponds with a water ...

SINGAPORE: Bird nuisance has always been a problem at food and market centres in the country, and vendors and cleaners have now come up with another way to scare these birds away—using laser pointers.

A flying robot inspired by a male peregrine falcon can scare away flocks of birds in fields within 5 minutes of flying over and keep them away for up to four hours, on average. Birds can eat crops on ...