It may not be very pretty, but a new laser "scarecrow" is helping farmers to protect their sweetcorn crops from marauding birds. Developed by University of Rhode Island (URI) professor of plant ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Did you enjoy a nice, juicy bird this Thanksgiving? You can thank folks like Loren Brey. "This is my 35th year working in the turkey business," Brey said. "We sell just under 3 ...

Birds decimate crops, costing farmers tens of millions of dollars each year. To stop that from happening, farmers have employed all kinds of gimmicks, from traditional scarecrows to nets. If you're ...

Lasers can stimulate nerves and synchronize the pulsing of heart cells, but now they can control organs. In a breakthrough experiment, scientists used infrared light to control the beats of a quail’s ...