It’s annoying when a bird poops on your car, but large flocks of them can be a genuine problem in some areas. But when a straw-stuffed scarecrow just isn’t keeping them at bay, a company called Bird-X ...

Farmers rejoice! The Robo-Scarecrow is finally here for all your crop-protection needs! (Exciting, eh?) This DIY bird-scaring device was put together by the folks over at the German electronics ...

TWENTE, Netherlands, April 13 (UPI) --A life-like robotic falcon known as Robird is set to take to the skies surrounding Weeze Airport in Germany. Robird's mission is simple: scare birds away from ...

Back in the day, farmers used straw-stuffed scarecrows to frighten off hungry birds. Here in 2017 — at least if you’re one particular tech-savvy blueberry farm in Oregon — there’s a cutting edge ...

As drones have become more common and affordable, many animal-loving people have worried about their tendency to scare wildlife. Yet that problem may have a silver lining: drones might be used to ...

To keep pesky birds away from his blueberries, veteran farmer Mark Flamm has blared recordings of avian distress calls, shot noisy “bird bangers” from a pistol and ordered an employee to shake a ...

Unless you look really close, this robot peregrine falcon would almost look like the real thing from a distance, especially while flapping its wings high above the sky. That resemblance to a real ...