Seals Feast at Offshore Wind Farms

Offshore wind farms are harnessing more than wind. Seals are foraging for food at these offshore developments, according to a new study. Study lead author Deborah Russell, with the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and her colleagues monitored the location and behavior of 100 seals off the British and Dutch coastlines by tracking GPS tags glued to the animals' backs.  “It is actually quite interesting, the tags transmit that data through the mobile phone system,"...

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