Bird flu prompts slaughter of 1.8M chickens in Nebraska
Nebraska agriculture officials say another 1.8 million chickens must be killed after bird flu was found on a farm in the latest sign that the outbreak that has already prompted the slaughter of more than 50 million birds nationwide continues to sprea.....»»
Video shows man ramming skid loader into police cruiser in Nebraska
Video shows man ramming skid loader into police cruiser in Nebraska.....»»
Famous xkcd comic comes full circle with AI bird-identifying binoculars
Swarovski AX Visio, billed as first "smart binoculars," names species and tracks location. Enlarge / The Swarovski Optik Visio binoculars, with an excerpt of a 2014 xkcd comic strip called "Tasks" in the corner. (credit: xckd / S.....»»
Swarovki Optic AX Visio at CES 2024
Bird lovers are sure to folk to the Swarovki Optic AX Visio the latest in birdwatching tech to come out of CES 2024 The post Swarovki Optic AX Visio at CES 2024 appeared first on Phandroid. One of the techs to take flight at this year̵.....»»
Apple nabs four Creative Arts Emmys in first ceremony
The Apple TV+ comedy "Ted Lasso" has continued its awards success by securing two Creative Arts Emmys on the first night, with "Black Bird" and "Five Days at Memorial" also winning categories.The first of the two-night Creative Arts Emmy Awards took.....»»
In Colombia, rare bird flaunts male and female feathers
On the right side of its body, the bird flaunted the typical blue plumage and black head of the male Green Honeycreeper. On the left, it was a beautiful grass green......»»
Logging and climate change threaten montane birds
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have studied the effects of forest logging and climate change on bird communities in tropical mountains, by examining over 10 years of data......»»
Feathers from deceased birds help scientists understand new threat to avian populations
As concerns over the world's declining bird population mount, animal ecologists have developed an analytical approach to better understand one of the latest threats to feathered creatures: the rise of wind and solar energy facilities......»»
Fossil birds: Surfaces of cervical vertebrae show conspicuous tubercles that may have served as "internal bony armor"
An international research team has examined unusual skeletal structures of various European bird fossils from the Eocene. The bone surfaces of the approximately 40- to 50-million-year-old cervical vertebrae show conspicuous tubercles, whose origin as.....»»
How to make AI videos from just text
Pika is a powerful text-to-video and image-to-video generative AI that can turn your prompts into motion video with real cinematic quality. Here's how......»»
Chicken whisperers: Humans crack the clucking code
A University of Queensland-led study has found humans can tell if chickens are excited or displeased, just by the sound of their clucks......»»
This bird is like a GPS for honey
The honeyguide recognizes calls made by different human groups. Enlarge / A greater honeyguide (credit: Keabetswe Maposa) With all the technological advances humans have made, it may seem like we’ve lost touch with na.....»»
Avian influenza has killed millions of seabirds around the world: Antarctica could be next
Antarctica is often imagined as the last untouched wilderness. Unfortunately, avian influenza ("bird flu") is encroaching on the icy continent. The virus has already reached the sub-Antarctic islands between the Antarctic Peninsula and South America......»»
Learn to work with ChatGPT with this prompts guide, now $20
Save 83% on a lifetime subscription to this ChatGPT prompts guide, featuring 3,000 prompts to master ChatGPT's artificial intelligence. TL;DR: As of December 20, get The Ultimate ChatGPT Prompts Guide for only $19.97 — that's an 83% disco.....»»
Microsoft Copilot now lets you create AI songs from text prompts. Yes, there"s a catch.
Microsoft Copilot has teamed with AI music generation app Suno to allow users to create songs using text prompts. Microsoft Copilot has a new tool that allows you to create an AI song using a single line of text.The tool is an integration with.....»»
Vaccinating livestock against common diseases is a form of direct climate action, say researchers
Animal diseases have a devastating impact on livestock production. In 2022, for example, 131 million domestic poultry died or was culled as a result of avian influenza (also called "bird flu")......»»
Conservation detection dogs sniff out rare curlew nests
Once an iconic native bird ubiquitous to the Irish landscape, Europe's largest wading bird, the curlew, is now threatened with extinction and disappearing from the Irish countryside. Over the last 40 years, the number of breeding curlew has decreased.....»»
Microsoft Copilot"s new AI tool will turn your simple prompts into songs
Copilot's Suno plugin lets it create tracks with singing, but it's currently experiencing some technical difficulties......»»
Study uncovers major hidden human-driven bird extinctions
Humans have wiped out around 1,400 bird species—twice as many as previously thought—with major implications for the ongoing biodiversity crisis, a new study has found......»»
Researchers fear the British spoken "r" is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity
How do you pronounce your "r"s towards the ends of words like Shearer, purr, nerd and pore? And what about those in car, bird and her?.....»»
Several groups of birds and mammals avoid wind turbines, finds review
While wind power is an important part of the green transition, its downsides include the disturbances caused by wind turbines in animal habitats. According to the international review of the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), many bird and m.....»»