Despite what you may have seen on social media, wind chimes are not the best way to deter birds from your garden. The truth is that there aren’t any studies to prove if wind chimes deter or attract ...

Birds such as crows and ravens may have a bad rap thanks to superstitions and negative portrayals in popular culture, but they offer a lot more than fodder for scary stories. In fact, they're ...

Pairs of magpie-larks that duet with split-second timing are warning that they’ll really kick feathers if another bird attacks, according to new tests. Recordings of precise duets alarmed other magpie ...

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 ...

I was sitting at a stoplight the other day, and a truck hauling a wind turbine blade crossed in front of me. It was so long it took two light cycles to go by. There is much concern, including from me, ...

Scarecrows might make for a nice aesthetic, but the latest trend in keeping pests away from crops sounds like something straight out of Star Wars. Lasers are now the newest trend helping blueberry and ...