ST. LOUIS COUNTY • Alec Sonnek points to a specimen in a plastic bag on his desk near St. Louis Lambert International Airport. “This,” he says, “is snarge.” Snarge n. /snärj/: The (often unpleasant) ...

This October, nine government employees will be patrolling North Dakota’s sunflower fields using every possible means to scare birds. The agents from USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...

An interesting story for those like me that occasionally took a lonely drive around an airfield with a tape player sounding out distress calls, shotgun and very pistol. The bird control unit (BCU) ...

In this Dec. 14, 2016 photo, a Phoenix Wailer bird deterrent sits on the bank of the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Mont. The wailer, which emits different sounds at random times, is one of the devices used ...

Scientists listened to birds from around the world. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 10, 2025 1:33 PM EST Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

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 ...

Birds threatened by a predator often call out to encourage other birds to make noise and fly about, repelling the attacker as part of a “mobbing flock”. Now, researchers have found that male lyrebirds ...

Birds are not welcome around the runway at Robins. They can cause damage to aircraft and in some cases can even bring a plane down. The base has long used a range of methods to keep birds away from ...