You’ve likely seen a squirrel dashing around with an oak tree acorn in its mouth. It may be about to eat lunch, or it may be ...

Abstract: The decentralized and transparent characteristics of blockchain provide a hopeful approach to fighting product counterfeiting by improving security, traceability, and trust. This study ...

Field editors reveal the reasons why they love fall birding just as much (if not more) than birding in other seasons. Spring migration excites birders every year, as vibrant songbirds and hummingbirds ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is acquiring powerful new surveillance tools to identify and monitor people. The Trump administration is seeking to employ new technology as it tries to boost ...

But in the aftermath, Bristol City Council has issued a statement to clarify that it would still be using bailiffs to collect council debt. A council spokesperson said: “The council does retain the ...

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Acorns aren't just food for wildlife, they are the seeds for the next generation of white oaks. For the past decade, researchers say there haven’t been enough of them in Connecticut. “Prolonged ...

Abstract: The precise mapping of crop spatial distribution using remote sensing datasets is a fundamental task in precision agriculture, yet conventional methods based on pixels or segmented objects ...

DEAR JOAN: We live in an area with a good variety of wild animals. Lately, I have found instances of scat containing several whole acorns. What animal would eat whole acorns and not be able to digest ...

DEAR TOM: The thing about acorns is they aren’t intended to be digested whole, so any animal that eats them that way is going to expel them that way. Why are birds perching on only 1 set of power ...