The New Animated Film 'Migration' Draws Inspiration From Birds' Real Journeys
Here’s what the Universal Pictures film got right (and wrong) about one Mallard family’s epic adventure.
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Here’s what the Universal Pictures film got right (and wrong) about one Mallard family’s epic adventure.
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LYME REGIS 3 LYME Regis inflicted a first home defeat since December 2019 on title rivals Feniton with a 3-2 victory at Acland Park. The Seasiders are now just three points behind Fenny with two games in hand and look primed to take top spot in the revised Devon & Exeter Premier East division. Feniton began the game strongly as Brett Garner was called upon to deny Oscar Walsh in a one-on-one. But Lyme responded with a killer touch from Brad Rowe, whose volley on the turn flew into the net 12 minutes in. With Feniton chasing goals due to an inferior goal difference, the hosts flooded...
2 hours ago Wind energy is surging in the United States. In 2020, turbines generated about 8 percent of the country’s electricity — roughly 50 times the share of wind-generated electricity in 2000 —according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. While the growth is a positive step toward curbing climate change, scientists say, it could be bad news for birds. An estimated 140,000 to 500,000 birds die each year due to turbine collisions. Bird deaths could soar to 1.4 million per year if the U.S. Department of Energy achieves its goal of expanding wind energy to 20 percent of the ...
E-Mail IMAGE: A pair of whooping cranes walking along the edge of a wetland in central Kansas view more Credit: Travis Wooten/USGS As gatherings to observe whooping cranes join the ranks of online-only events this year, a new study offers insight into how the endangered bird is faring on a landscape increasingly dotted with wind turbines. The paper, published this week in Ecological Applications, reports that whooping cranes migrating through the U.S. Great Plains avoid "rest stop" sites that are within 5 km of wind-energy infrastructure. Avoidance of wind turbines can decrease c...