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A headless, four-legged robot will be employed protect wildlife at a US airport. About the size of a Labrador, it will be camouflaged as a coyote or fox to ward off migratory birds and other animals. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has named the new robot Aurora and said it will be based at the Fairbanks airport - the state's second largest - to “enhance and augment safety and operations", the Anchorage Daily News reported. The transportation department released a video of the robot climbing rocks, going up stairs and doing something akin to dancing while flashing...
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A photo of a barnacle-covered football has snatched the top prize in this year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards. Photographer Ryan Stalker found the ball washed up on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, off England’s south coast. As goose barnacles are not native to the UK, he believes it had made an epic journey across the Atlantic Ocean, spurred on by powerful storms. Above the water, it just looks like a regular football. But just below the surface, a colony of goose barnacles clings to its underside - a poignant reminder of the impact of human-caused pollution on the ocean’s delicate ecosys...
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Cyprus has seen a “staggering” increase in songbird killing, according to a new report tracking organised wildlife crime. 435,000 birds, including blackcaps, warblers and robins, were caught in poachers’ nets last autumn, according to BirdLife Cyprus and RSPB [researchers](http://Cyprus%20has%20seen%20a%20%E2%80%9Cstaggering%E2%80%9D%20increase%20in%20songbird%20killing,%20according%20to%20a%20new%20report%20tracking%20organised%20wildlife%20crime.%20%20%20435,000%20birds,%20including%20blackcaps,%20warblers%20and%20robins,%20were%20caught%20in%20poachers%E2%80%99%20nets%20last%20autumn,%20acc...
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A flock of finches, the birds famously studied by Charles Darwin in his theory of evolution, have been reintroduced to an area of the Galapagos Islands. Since 2023 experts have been working to eradicate introduced species which have caused the disappearance of numerous native species, paving the way for ecological restoration. "This is a very special day,” says Eliécer Cruz, Spokesman for the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation. “Maintaining viable population percentages in case of unforeseen circumstances is the Floreana Project’s most important mitigation measure. Species found nowhere else in ...
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