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TWS2021: NYC green roof provides ample gull habitat

January 5, 2022

The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a massive piece of architecture, even by New York City standards. The building takes up four city blocks of space right alongside the Hudson River—and gulls love it. …

Joshua Rapp Learn

TWS2020: Cleaning feathers helps gulls after oil spills

September 28, 2020

Cleaning gulls covered in crude oil from spills like the Deepwater Horizon disaster helps the seabirds recover, and the benefits of rehabilitation outweigh the costs. Ongoing research featured this week at The Wildlife Society’s virtual …

Joshua Rapp Learn

Wild Cam: Herring gulls steal food from hard-working puffins

August 3, 2020

The surrounding crowd was raucous, and the smell was even worse. But Kaylee Busniuk weathered the distractions like a champ, announcing the unfolding action in a detailed play-by-play. Just as a puffin swooped in with …

Joshua Rapp Learn

Birds prey on bears’ leftover goose egg scraps

January 27, 2020

Polar bears and grizzlies in the Arctic are scaring snow geese from their nests to consume their eggs, leaving a clear path for gulls and ravens to prey on their scraps. “If you see a …

FYI News

Watch: Gull stealing your seaside snack? Stare it down

August 13, 2019

Keep an eye on those gulls trying to steal your beach snack. They might have second thoughts. A team of scientists at the University of Exeter experimented by putting a freezer bag full of English …

TWS Wildlife News

From Pristine to Polluted and Back — from The Wildlife Professional

May 15, 2017

The waters of Maine’s Lake Auburn were renowned for being pristine. Surrounded by fields, forests and the grassy campus of Central Maine Community College, the 2,260-acre lake above the towns of Auburn and Lewistown was …

Dana Kobilinsky

Gulls affected by bacteria in more populated areas

October 13, 2016

While Alaskan gulls are often infected with the common bacteria E. coli, it appears that some strains found in the birds have developed a resistance to antibiotics. And we might have something to do with …

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Joshua Rapp Learn

Overfishing, Climate Change Push Mexican Seabirds North

July 1, 2015

Climate change and overfishing is pushing a colony of seabirds from their native Mexican nesting grounds into California. “The problem for the elegant terns is not only the temperature anomalies but also the overfishing of …

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