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Wind turbine with black and white stripes

Stripy wind turbines could prevent fatal seabird collisions

28 February 2023

Based on principles of bird vision, researchers propose that seabird deaths at offshore wind farms would be reduced by painting black and white stripes on blades
Two elephants embracing with their trunks through the bars of an enclosure

Elephants may remember the smell of a relative's dung for 12 years

24 February 2023

African elephants in captivity reacted to the smell of relatives they had not seen for years by flapping their ears and making rumbling sounds

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