Scientists Painted Wind Turbines to Look Like Venomous Snakes and Birds Noticed Immediately ...

A funny moment captured in Australia shows a bird accidentally setting a wind spinner in motion after landing for a ride. The ...

A turbine with one blade painted black at a wind farm near Glenrock, Wyoming. Courtesy of Jona Whitesides, Pacificorp This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories ...

Wind turbines rarely stay unnoticed in open landscapes. They move constantly, casting shifting shadows across fields and coastlines, and occupy the same airspace as migratory birds. For years, most ...

For years, most migratory birds avoided wind turbines. Now, researchers have found that some are actively using them as stepping stones on migratory patterns.

Across the world, wind power is growing fast—but not fast enough. To meet climate goals and reach carbon neutrality, the United Nations says global wind energy must triple in the next ten years.

Much of the attention around what towering offshore wind turbines could mean for Jersey Shore animals has focused on whales and certain fish species. Birds, some believe, have gotten short shrift. As ...

Wind turbines may seem innocuous enough, but they have the potential to reshape the air birds fly through. In a recent Scientific Reports paper, researchers found that a gliding bird’s lift-to-drag ...