New information on Russia’s ‘Miracle in the Cornfields’
It has been five years since Ural Airlines Flight 178 became Russia’s answer to the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’.
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From the Deep South to Down Under: MSU flying fox research, new technology combine to prevent viral transmission
STARKVILLE, Miss.—From some 8,000 miles away, Mississippi State scientist Manuel Ruiz-Aravena in the university’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center is studying flying foxes, or fruit bats, in Australia to determine the likely causes of viral spillover from animal to human.
Introducing… Elaine Anderson and Sanya Masood
Elaine Anderson and Sanya Masood, graduate wildlife biologists, joined Avisure’s Southern regional team in September last year.
(Big) data visualisation
The title may sound scary, but data visualisation is a way of making the complex simple: in a nutshell, it is the art of presenting data and information as graphs, charts, or maps. Data visualisation is valuable in highlighting things that you might not otherwise see readily in text and lists of values and numbers, enabling your audience to grasp the key data more quickly and easily.
Bird strike around V1
May 25 marks the sixteenth anniversary of a bird strike on a B747 cargo aircraft operated by Kalitta Air. The Kalitta Air Flight 207 accident highlights the complex interplay of human factors and the operating environment, and the shared responsibility of all players for aviation safety.
Amazing people, incredible birds
Avisure has undertaken some wildlife hazard management work in Africa, as Jeff Follett, Avisure CEO, reports.
Species Spotlight – Australian White Ibis
The continuing wet weather along the east coast of Australia creates favourable conditions especially for the Australian white ibis, Threskiornis moluccus, and its cousin, the straw-necked ibis (T. spinicollis). Known affectionately as the ‘bin chicken’ or ‘tip turkey’, the white ibis, traditionally more of an inland species, has adapted well to urban coastal environments.
Rain and wildlife hazards
Many parts of eastern Australia have experienced some extreme summer weather in the past few months. Avisure is closely monitoring these seasonal conditions, and the impact of the flooding, which has occurred almost the length of the east coast, on wildlife behaviour.
Species Spotlight – Australian Pelican
A wonderful bird is the pelican, for its bill can hold more than its belly can.’ That pouched bill is the pelican’s distinctive feature, holding up to 13 litres of water.
