Crows, house sparrows and other species judge when to flee the asphalt by average traffic rates rather than an oncoming car's speed Highway-savvy birds don’t read road signs but they may pay more ...

A team of researchers at Istituto Sistemi Complessi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, UOS Sapienza and a colleague from IMT Institute for Advanced Studies has created a model that demonstrates how ...

If a high-speed train runs at 185 m/h through little urbanized areas, it is possible that some animals will be surprised in their path. This is the case of birds such as magpies, pigeons, crows or ...

The flight speed of birds is more complex than research has previously managed to show. Researchers have found that birds use multiple -- each one simple yet effective -- methods to control their ...

Researchers say birds appear to have adapted to the local speed limits as a feature of their environment, such as the risk of predators. Strict enforcement of speed limits could therefore ...

Our skies are filled with awesome predatory birds, from the enormous harpy eagle to the silent owls, but one raptor is faster than all of them.

How often have you been in a car traveling down the road and there are birds ahead of you that don't seem to care that you are coming toward them? Just before the driver of the car hits the brakes, ...

OTTAWA (AFP) – Birds sense posted speed limits on roads and react to avoid collisions, according to a study out Wednesday. Researchers said birds appear to have adapted to the local speed limits as a ...

Birds might be paying more attention to road speed limits than some humans. A new study finds that some European birds factor in average traffic speeds when determining when they need to take off to ...

The flight speed of birds is more complex than research has previously managed to show. In a new study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have found that birds use multiple – each one simple ...