'Star Wars' to Film in Protected Bird Habitat

Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 10:31 in Biology & Nature

The jagged slopes of Skellig Michael, an island 7 miles off the coast of Ireland, might be abuzz with all sorts of imagined creatures as a filming location for Star Wars Episode VII -- but concerns over the island's rare, real-life inhabitants have some conservationists feeling a bit on the dark side. Produced by weather.com.

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