The ancestors of ostriches and emus were long-distance fliers – here’s how we worked this out

Aside from being a delight to watch, flight in birds is regarded by many cultures as a symbol of freedom, and a source of ...

BIRDBASE dataset tracks ecological traits for 11,589 species of birds

Çağan Şekercioğlu was an ambitious, but perhaps naive graduate student when, 26 years ago, he embarked on a simple ...

'Exceptional result': Kiwi chicks make fight weight

Wellington's Capital Kiwi Project says all 10 chicks it has been monitoring have put on enough weight to fight off predators.
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To save its rare birds, New Zealand is relying on a nation of backyard trappers

New Zealand’s unique birds are at risk of extinction, like the kiwi. So the country is trying to eradicate the invasive ...
IEEE

Monocular Road Scene Bird’s Eye View Prediction via Big Kernel-Size Encoder and Spatial-Channel Transform Module

Abstract: A detailed representation of the surrounding road scene is crucial for an autonomous driving system. sethlcolor yellow The camera-based Bird’s Eye View map has been a popular solution to ...
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New Zealand's bold plan to save endangered animals: kill millions of invasive animals

The kiwi is New Zealand's most iconic bird. Round and fuzzy, the bird is flightless and has ... Stoats were brought to New Zealand by European settlers. Despite their small size, they've become ...