June 08, 2009 Migratory Canada geese were the culprits in the Hudson River plane crash earlier this year, according to a team of Smithsonian Institution and US Department of Agriculture researchers who used DNA barcoding, stable isotope testing, and feather analyses to assess bird remnants pulled from... 

June 13, 2009 Qantas and QantasLink have led the field in a new air safety enhancement.  Bird strikes and related damage have been significantly reduced across the entire Qantas and QantasLink B737 and DHC8 fleet by a new and relatively low cost initiative. The bird strike problem was highlighted... 

July 25, 2009 Six months after a flock forced US Airways Flight 1549 to make an emergency landing, Logan Airport is testing a new system designed to keep the skies clear of conflict. NBC’s Tom Costello reports. ,  Read More →

July 25, 2009 Steven Lima, left, a biology professor at Indiana State University, prepares a model airplane for a flight over the research center grounds. Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, an associate professor of biology at Purdue University, holds the wings before a test run past a flock of geese. A... 

July 25, 2009 A remote-controlled model airplane repeatedly buzzed four Canada geese at a rural airstrip early Friday morning, resulting in much honking. But don’t blame the ruffled feathers on a misguided hobbyist. The man with his hand on the joystick was biology professor Steven Lima and the... 

July 26, 2009 Pulsating lights could be one solution to keep birds away from airplanes as officials investigate new ways to reduce the chances of bird strikes at airports across the nation. According to a Cleveland newspaper, scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Wildlife... 

June 1, 2009 A virtual book of all life on Earth is being created by UK and US scientists. The online reference work will create a detailed world map of flora and fauna and track changes in biodiversity. The database, dubbed a “macroscopic observatory”, will be populated with data about... 

June 2,  2009 The Jan. 15 ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River vividly illustrated the dangers of midair collisions between birds and aircraft. But what led to the “miracle on the Hudson” happens more often than the public realizes. Bird and wildlife strikes cause more... 

February 25, 2009 With two aircraft brought down in two months and an ever present danger around the world, what is being done to minimise the risks of bird strikes? Ben Hargreaves investigates There is an almost unbearable pathos to transcripts of final communications between a doomed airliner and... 

July 16, 2009 While we’re on the subject of flight, ever since that plane landed in the Hudson River a few months ago, the thought of bird-airplane collisions haven’t strayed too far from the media (or my mind each time I fly). In light of all the hoopla, the Federal Aviation Administration...