About half a million seabirds gather between March and August to raise a family on the towering chalk cliffs, according to ...

A bird that mates for life and flies over 6,000 miles for food, the albatross has seen profound population declines over the past several decades. It appears now as though a harbinger for its own ...

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”.

Migrating terns may alter their flight plans based on a keen sense of approaching typhoons, escaping the brunt of the storms but still benefiting from feeding opportunities in their wakes. Researchers ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. A black rope had rubbed ...

As many as nine out of 10 of the world's seabirds likely have pieces of plastic in their guts, a new study estimates. Previously, scientists figured about 29 percent of seabirds had swallowed plastic, ...

The population of the world’s seabirds has plummeted 70 percent in the past 60 years, a Canadian-Australian research team has found. The drop is equivalent to the disappearance of around 230 million ...

This is an understandable strategy for birds that spend most of their time at sea where “there is literally nowhere to hide,” says Emily Shepard, a behavior ecologist at Swansea University in Wales.

ST. JOHN'S - Scores of tiny seabirds that look like pint-sized penguins have been blown ashore by back-to-back storms in ...

Seabirds from 16 locations around the world have been found to consume plastic and have accumulated plastic’s chemical components in their bodies. Each year, 380 million tons of plastic are produced ...

An unprecedented die-off has been declared in Alaska, where as many as four million murres are estimated to be missing from colonies across the state. According to a new study, it’s the worst single ...

Seabirds mistakenly eat plastic debris in the ocean not just because it looks like food, but because it smells like it. When mealtime comes around, many species of ocean-faring birds, including ...