Tiny bird found using fake ‘hawk’ calls to scare away threats
A tiny bird in Australia has been spotted using fake hawk alarm calls to scare threats away from their nests to protect their ...
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The Caterpillar that Cries Wolf
But a new study presented at the International Symposium on Acoustic Communication by Animals in Omaha in July suggests a more sophisticated mechanism: the caterpillar’s whistle appears to mimic a ...
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Neural Network Identifies Bird Calls, Even On Your Pi
BirdNET uses a neural network to identify birds by the sounds they make, and is a joint project between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Chemnitz University of Technology. What strikes us is ...
New report sounds alarm on rapidly declining duck numbers in the US
The report focuses on birds that must breed and feed in specific habitats such as forests, grasslands and coastal regions.
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Birdwatchers, listen up: an animal expert explains the meaning behind the calls and songs of Hong Kong birds
Alarm calls are usually loud and can be heard from far away. These short and sharp calls may also be used by aggressive or angry birds to threaten or chase away other birds who are pecking at ...
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Experts sound the alarm as Ohio farmworker’s bird flu sparks fear it’s the next pandemic
Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services granted Moderna $590 million to help accelerate bird flu vaccine development. In addition, the CDC has already prepared what it calls ...
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Experts sound the alarm as Ohio farmworker’s bird flu sparks fear it’s the next pandemic
Bird flu has now spread to humans in a dozen states after public health officials confirmed on Feb. 12, 2025, that an Ohio man had contracted the disease.