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Drones aren’t usually allowed to go near airports unless they serve a purpose, like herding flocks of birds away from the airspace where they could put planes full of people in jeopardy. Manually controlled drones can be unreliable, though: If the operator gets too aggressive and spooks the birds, the flock could scatter and become […]
Stumbling around after one drink too many may not be just a distinctly human habit. In fact, if animal welfare activists are to be believed, it’s one we share with seagulls in England’s sunny southwest. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has received a number of complaints about seemingly drunk […]
On the June 19, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about the latest news, including Chris Hardwick, an update on the Disney/Fox acquisition deal, Stranger Things gets a comic book prequel, Brad Bird’s 1906, Sicario: Day of […]
Life has not been easy for Rovio, maker of the Angry Birds video game, since the Finnish company went public last fall. Given its rocky start as a public company, investors were mostly breathing a sigh of relief today that the company’s latest earnings report was not the disaster some had feared. On the revenue […]
It’s time for another trailer round-up, where we lasso a handful of the latest trailers and wrangle them into one place for your viewing convenience. Below, you’ll find trailers for a true survival story called Adrift, the paranoia techno-thriller Distorted, a war drama adaptation of The Yellow Birds, cheesy romance Dog Days, and more. Adrift Trailer Shailene Woodley and […]
Two Emperor penguins grabbed a sneaky selfie when they unexpectedly stumbled upon an polar explorer’s unmanned camera. The pair of flightless birds have now become viral stars. The footage was captured by Antarctic researcher Eddie Gault. The Australian left his camera on the ice while hiking around the Auster Rookery near his country’s Mawson research […]
Enlarge (credit: York Museums Trust staff) A thousand years ago, gigantic 12-foot-tall flightless birds roamed New Zealand, snacking peacefully on plants and fungi. Then humans came along. Within two hundred years, the giant moa—along with a host of their close cousins—were dead at our species’ hands. What did the world of the moa look like? […]
Fans of both Angry Birds and the NFL can get excited together with new Super Bowl LII content in the popular free-to-play mobile game from Rovio. Angry Birds 2 players can now outfit their avian characters with any of the 32 official NFL jerseys and helmets while competing in new levels and in-game competitions. Angry […]
Peter Vesterbacka is tired of destruction. His hit mobile game, Angry Birds, dominated the world after it was released in 2009, spawning sequels, merchandise, and a feature film, all dedicated to birds knocking over towers. Now, almost a decade later, he’s ready to move on from the franchise and build something entirely new: a giant, […]
1. Last year’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch found the blackbird to be the most frequently seen, followed by starlings and wood pigeons. 2. There are over 10,000 species of birds worldwide. 3. The smallest is the bee hummingbird which is only 5cm (2 inches) long. The fastest is the peregrine falcon which can reach over 200mph. […]
