The city of Sunnyvale is set to launch a pilot program by the end of January that will use green laser pointers to discourage crows from gathering by the hundreds in the downtown area. "We love our ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Utilizing a green handheld laser pointer, a boombox, and crow effigies hung from trees, the city of Sunnyvale deployed new tactics to rid the city of the abundant crow population, ...

This laser at McNary Dam emits a bright green light that birds perceive as a solid object, which causes them to fly out of the way. Courtesy Army Corps If you see a strange green light on the Columbia ...

Okay, okay, I know the future has, so far, been kind of lame in a lot of ways. Back in the 1950s, everyone assumed that by 2017 we'd all be cruising around in flying cars and taking regular trips to ...

SUNNYVALE — As the sun began to set Monday, about the only crow that could be spotted in Plaza del Sol was fake — an effigy of a dead one suspended upside down from a tree’s leafless branch. It was an ...

Laser beams that sweep erratically across crops have shown promise in protecting harvests from loss caused by birds. But researchers are still... Growers Are Beaming Over The Success Of Lasers To ...

A dazzling video shows a quadcopter drone gently shooing unwanted critters away from poultry farms with a laser light show.

Scarecrows, raptors and robotic facsimiles, propane cannons, reflective flags, netting - farmers have been trying all kinds of methods over the centuries to keep birds from turning their hard work ...

After dealing with thousands of crows roosting in downtown, Sunnyvale, California, for years, the city is taking a note from nearby Silicon Valley and going high-tech with lasers. Mayor Larry Klein ...

Birds are starting to see the light — on downtown Cincinnati buildings and fields all over the country. This is an update to a 2017 story after Reddit readers started asking questions recently. The ...

After thousands of snow geese died in the toxic water of a former open-pit mine in Montana last fall, the companies responsible for the pit are bringing out the big guns. Literally. Montana Resources ...