Starving seabirds are washing up along Southern California's coastline as unusually warm ocean water pushes their prey deeper and farther offshore. Rescuers and researchers say emaciated pelicans, ...
An unusually high number of dead and injured seabirds, including federally protected brown pelicans, are being discovered along California beaches from San Diego to Northern California, according to ...
Manx shearwaters breed on islands in the North Atlantic where they make nests in underground burrows. Jamie Darby On a small island off the coast of Ireland, a team of scientists spent last summer ...
BirdLife Australia says discoveries of sick and dead local seabirds in South Australia show outbreak is ‘taking hold’ ...
Mosquitoes trapped in the Grant Park neighborhood of Atlanta have tested positive for West Nile Virus, a possibly deadly virus in extreme cases. By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, July 9 (Reuters) - Gazans ...
Animals cover astonishing distances when they are looking for food. While caribou, reindeer and wolves clock up impressive mileage on land, seabirds are unrivaled in their traveling distances. Arctic ...
When different species of seabirds share a habitat with limited sources of food, they must differ in their feeding habits. This specialization is known by biologists as an “ecological niche”.
On Japan's desert islands, researchers uncovered a peculiar bathroom ritual among seabirds. Reporting in Current Biology, the team found that streaked shearwaters (Calonectris leucomelas) poop while ...
Scientists and volunteers are finding an increasing number of dead and starving seabirds along the coast, likely caused by marine heat waves that disrupt the food they rely on. Researchers say El Niño ...
An albatross sits on the surface of the water, albatrosses spend 95% of their lives soaring above the water, only returning to land mate. They can go years without seeing land. By harnessing the power ...