Vulture

Vultures on the rise: Study provides evidence of population increase and delayed migration in western North America

Vultures on the rise: Study provides evidence of population increase and delayed migration in western North America Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) may not be beautiful, but they are certainly adaptable. A new study published in the Journal of Raptor Research, titled "Turkey Vulture Aggregations at a Water Barrier Provide Evidence of Later Migration and Increasing Population Size Over 25 Years," suggests that turkey vultures in western...

Two Venezuelan boys in a forest full of vultures: Silvana Trevale’s best photograph

Silvana Trevale, who left Venezuela due to increasing violence and shortages, returned to the country to capture its beauty. She began photographing local children, often at the beach, to connect with her roots and give back to her community. Her work aims to showcase the positive aspects of Venezuela despite the country's difficult circumstances.

Two Venezuelan boys in a forest full of vultures: Silvana Trevale’s best photograph

‘I left Venezuela after someone held a gun to my head. But I returned to show what beauty it has – like these two boys coming back from a fishing trip at an amazing beach’My parents encouraged me to leave Venezuela. The situation in the country at that time, the mid-2010s, had started to get really hard, with food and medicine shortages – and violent robberies were becoming a regular thing.

Wild bird eggs reveal pollutants' environmental footprints

Wild bird eggs reveal pollutants' environmental footprints Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Monitoring the eggs of wild birds like the bearded vulture and the imperial eagle over a decade reveals the accumulation and persistence of environmental pollutants in ecosystems. At first glance, a wild bird's egg represents the continuity of the species. However, it can also serve as a chemical reservoir, offering a broad snapshot of the environmental health of the bird's habitat.

Canonical sends Ubuntu into the AI agent era

UBUNTU SUMMIT Canonical is still experimenting with the format of the Ubuntu Summit series of free conferences, and its most recent instance, the 26.04 edition, was a primarily online event. There was a small in-person invited audience, which by our informal estimate was about half the size of the one at last October's edition. The event opened with a keynote from Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth, and his opening sentence set the tone for much of what would follow: The agentic revolution...

EU Commission to defend Spain in €106m US energy lawsuit

When firm Blasket Renewables sought to enforce compensation in a US court, the European Commission argued that Spain could not legally pay it, highlighting a clash between international arbitration and EU law. The European Commission is seeking permission from the European Council to defend Spain from a €106 million lawsuit brought in a US court under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) which could put Madrid in breach of EU state aid rules, according to a document seen by Euronews. The ECT is a...

OpenBSD 7.9 arrives, a diamond in the rough proud of every sharp edge

OpenBSD 7.9 has been released, maintaining its reputation as a highly secure Unix-like operating system. This version introduces modest features, including support for up to 255 processor cores on amd64 machines and improved CPU scheduler understanding for heterogeneous cores. Additionally, it features "delayed hibernation" to manage low battery power and includes updates to LibreSSL and OpenSSH.

That an app 'Fits on a Floppy' is still a useful measure in 2026

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The Virtual OS Museum opens its doors

The Virtual OS Museum is a comprehensive collection featuring over 600 historically significant operating systems across more than 250 platforms, dating back to 1948. Users can download either a large "Full" edition or a smaller "Lite" edition, which includes emulators for on-demand downloading of vintage OS images. The project is maintained by Canadian developer Andrew Warkentin and is intended for historical research and preservation.