To date, the AW101/CH-149 '
Cormorant' has enabled the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) search and rescue crews to successfully complete thousands of rescues, including several that received international recognition for their heroism.
There are still plenty of folk who regard black birds especially crows and the said
cormorants with deep suspicion.
The
Cormorant is one of the most functional autonomous drones to date and there are several other companies looking to give a more civilian approach to flying autonomous vehicles.
In 2014, a total of 17 of the 45 Pelagic
Cormorant colony locations surveyed had active nesting (Fig.
Further elevation of adult
cormorant mortality rates to 30% projected a population lower in size than the initial one (46 500 birds).
We discovered that the cause of low salmon return rates into the upper River Elbe was definitely not
cormorant predation on nursery streams.
With DNA from four
cormorant species in hand, Burga and his newfound friends learned that the Galapagos
cormorants' stubby wings result, in part, from mutations in specific genes that encourage limb growth (SN: 6/11/16, p.
6 July 2016 - US-based biopharmaceutical firm Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) has acquired all the outstanding capital stock of Stockholm, Sweden-based therapeutics developer
Cormorant Pharmaceuticals, the company said.
But for some passers-by, seeing this
cormorant struggling with its lunch was too much to watch.
Acting on a tip after the killing started, the Audubon Society of Portland, which has spearheaded opposition to the
cormorant killing program, got a court order requiring the Fish and Wildlife Service to turn over emails and other documents related to the permitting decision.
Hatching dates and brood size.--Great Blue Heron had the earliest mean hatching date observed for 2008 and 2009 (28 May and 29 May, respectively), followed by Double-crested
Cormorant (4Jun.
The species, the black-crowned night heron and great
cormorant, could be upgraded from threatened to endangered, State Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife spokesman Mark Latti said.