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General Motors Creates Waze-Like System to Prevent Roadkill
General Motors Creates Waze-Like System to Prevent Roadkill

8 Feb 2023, 20:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A recent GM patent describes new technology that was designed with a single goal in mind: to reduce the number of accidents involving wildlife

 
Waze-Inspired App Lets Users Report Wildlife to Help Prevent Roadkill
Waze-Inspired App Lets Users Report Wildlife to Help Prevent Roadkill

1 Feb 2023, 17:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Wildlife Xing is a mobile application that was built with a single goal in mind: to let users report wildlife and help prevent cars from hitting animals

 
Rivian R1T Electric Trucks Have Been Deployed to Africa to Help Preserve the Ecosystems
Rivian R1T Electric Trucks Have Been Deployed to Africa to Help Preserve the Ecosystems

14 Oct 2022, 14:28 UTC · By: Mircea Mazuru / Rivian and MWCT have announced a partnership with the goal of conservating precious ecosystems throughout South-Eastern Kenya

 
Bear Spends the Night in a Range Rover, Finds the SUV Rather Uncomfortable
Bear Spends the Night in a Range Rover, Finds the SUV Rather Uncomfortable

28 Sep 2022, 04:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The owner of a white Range Rover discovered a bear trapped inside the SUV; as it turns out, the animal spent the night in the car

 
Cows Enter Highway to Make a Point for Zero-Emission Traveling, Refuse to Moove Over
Cows Enter Highway to Make a Point for Zero-Emission Traveling, Refuse to Moove Over

3 Aug 2022, 22:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A herd of cows has somehow ended up on the M1 highway in the United Kingdom, eventually causing painfully slow traffic for miles

 
World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing to Be Built in California Starting This Month
World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing to Be Built in California Starting This Month

6 Apr 2022, 02:39 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A unique project not just in the U.S. but in the entire world will hopefully save thousands of wild animals that are endangered by car traffic

 
Wildlife Fears Terminator Skynet Scenario: Birds Attack Drones on Regular Basis
Wildlife Fears Terminator Skynet Scenario: Birds Attack Drones on Regular Basis

27 Sep 2021, 21:11 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / Drones are encroaching upon bird airspace, with some instances even leading to drones being destroyed. What does the future hold for drones and birds?

 
Deer Jumps on Top of F10 BMW 5 Series, Crushes Resale Value and Runs Away Safely
Deer Jumps on Top of F10 BMW 5 Series, Crushes Resale Value and Runs Away Safely

4 Mar 2021, 12:43 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / We really can’t fault the driver of the BMW 5 Series for not managing to react in time in order to avoid this herd of deer

 
Alaska Airlines Plane Has Runway Collision With Brown Bear, Takes Some Damage
Alaska Airlines Plane Has Runway Collision With Brown Bear, Takes Some Damage

18 Nov 2020, 05:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Flight 66, a Boeing 737-700, was landing when it ran over one of two bears sitting in the runway. The bear was killed and the left engine cowl was damaged

 
Squirrels Store Over 200 Walnuts, Grass Under the Hood of Woman’s Kia
Squirrels Store Over 200 Walnuts, Grass Under the Hood of Woman’s Kia

9 Oct 2019, 11:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Pittsburgh-area couple find engine on wife’s car covered in walnuts, after failing to pop the hood for inspection regularly, are astounded it still worked

 
Woman Drives to the River to Release Turtle, Loses the Car and Her Lunch
Woman Drives to the River to Release Turtle, Loses the Car and Her Lunch

20 Sep 2019, 14:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Authorities had their work cut out for them, after driver forgot to put the car in park and it went into Rock River. No one was hurt

 
Driver Picks Up Injured Bobcat, Puts It on the Backseat Next to Her Child
Driver Picks Up Injured Bobcat, Puts It on the Backseat Next to Her Child

20 Sep 2019, 13:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Colorado Springs woman thought she was doing a good thing by giving the cat a ride in her SUV, Parks and Wildlife officials say otherwise

 
Only in Florida: Woman Pulls Gator Out of Yoga Pants During Traffic Stop
Only in Florida: Woman Pulls Gator Out of Yoga Pants During Traffic Stop

8 May 2019, 10:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The passenger in a pickup truck that failed to stop at a stop sign tried to smuggle a live baby alligator by stuffing it into her yoga pants

 
Here’s Video of Wildlife Agency Blasting Fish From a Plane to Restock Lakes
Here’s Video of Wildlife Agency Blasting Fish From a Plane to Restock Lakes

31 Aug 2018, 13:03 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources causes a stir with not-new but visually impacting method of restocking mountain lakes with trout

 
Frightened Elk Brings Down Helicopter
Frightened Elk Brings Down Helicopter

15 Feb 2018, 10:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A helicopter commissioned by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources crashed on Tuesday after being hit by an elk it was trying to capture

 
Bobcat Survives 50-Mile Trip Stuck in Prius Grille after Being Hit
Bobcat Survives 50-Mile Trip Stuck in Prius Grille after Being Hit

28 Nov 2017, 16:28 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The automakers might not test it, but if they did. the Toyota Prius would get the highest score in the bobcat collision test

 
Seal Visits Australian Suburb, Climbs On Cars For Fun
Seal Visits Australian Suburb, Climbs On Cars For Fun

26 Dec 2016, 12:26 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / For most of us, the only animals that climb on our cars are cats. Things are a bit different in Tasmania, where a seal climbed on two cars on Boxing Day

 
Who Let the Moose Out? Giant Deer Stops Traffic on a Highway Just 'Cause It Can
Who Let the Moose Out? Giant Deer Stops Traffic on a Highway Just 'Cause It Can

10 Oct 2016, 21:27 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Whether you're an animal-loving vegan or you just love your car a lot (or both), hitting wildlife is always a threat while driving

 
Animal Bridges Let Wildlife Across Highways Safely
Animal Bridges Let Wildlife Across Highways Safely

3 Jul 2012, 15:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Why did the endangered chicken cross the road? To get to the other side, but can it do that safely when there are cars traveling at speed, ready to turn anything into roadkill. Obviously, there&rsqu...