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Why peregrine falcons wear eyeliner, golden eagles could accelerate using turbulence

Physics World

This edition of the Red Folder has gone to the birds – or more precisely, to the raptors. First up is the news that peregrine falcons have evolved the natural equivalent of eyeliner to help them hunt. As well as logging the bird’s location, the instruments measured the bird’s altitude, groundspeed and triaxial acceleration.

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August 16 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

Argall: More Water Quality Restoration Needed In Schuylkill River Watershed; Here’s An Idea - You Have $5 Billion Laying Around Doing Nothing Center For Rural Pennsylvania To Hold Aug. 24 Hearing On The Impacts Of Invasive Species The Feds Appalachian Voices: U.S.

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Catching Animals. on Camera in the Ellsworth Creek Preserve

Washington Nature

by Iseabel Nance, University of Washington News Lab The Nature Conservancy’s Ellsworth Creek Preserve is a “living laboratory.” A new study led by TNC Science Program Specialist Maia Murphy-Williams is looking at one piece of the puzzle to understand the impact of forest-restoration methods.

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How dancing honey bees could help us save pollinators

Frontiers

Bees, insects, birds, butterflies, bats. Check out this post on our news site for a curated list. In these experiments, we train honey bees that are individually marked with a little number tag to collect sugar syrup from an artificial feeder at a known location.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Introduces New Trail Academy Series Of Education & Training Events [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Gather ‘Round The Campfire -- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Legislators Order Wildlife Corridor Study -- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Study Dishes Up Surprises About Deer Behavior, Forest Impacts In PA -- The Allegheny Front: Scientists (..)

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87 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

100,000 Grant To Treat Acid Mine Drainage In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- Stroud Water Research Center, Partners Host 7-Part, Online Expanding Meaningful Environmental & Watershed Literacy With Geospatial Tools Workshops Starting Sept.

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Tilting at Turbines: Implications of the First Wind Energy Prosecution under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Vermont Law

The Department of Justice recently prosecuted the first ever wind energy firm under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Wildlife advocates hailed the prosecution as a step in the right direction, but the outcome has no substantial effect on protecting migratory bird species. Undeniably, birds hold a special place in the human consciousness.

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