Scientists are turning dead birds into drones that could be used to spy on wildlife and people. A team of researchers revealed how they successfully developed drones from the bodies of stuffed dead birds in a study presented at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech 2023 Forum in January. “Instead of using artificial materials for building drones, we can use the dead birds and re-engineer them as a drone,” lead author Mostafa Hassanalian, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, tells New Scientist. The drones, known as “ornithopters,” are designed after...