Using drone imagery, New Zealand researchers are evaluating a deep learning model called BirdDetector, as it analyzes Salvin’s albatross populations across the Bounty Islands. After testing the model ...

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Nancy Caruso sat on an island in the North Pacific Ocean just inches from an albatross and watched as the large black-and-white sea bird with a 12-foot wingspan added grass to its nest to cover up a ...

Airplane designers are getting new ideas from the albatross, long considered a master of efficient flight. Through a method called dynamic soaring, the bird—with a wingspan of up to 12 feet (3.7 ...