Tag: petrel

November 22, 2016

The smell of marine plastic may attract seabirds

A recent study from the University of California, Davis might help explain why some seabirds eat so much plastic debris. While it’s widely thought that birds visually mistake plastic for...

February 10, 2016

Albatross and petrel bill introduced in the Senate

A bill introduced in Congress last week would heighten U.S. involvement in the protection of migratory seabird populations placed at risk by some international fishing operations. The Albatross and Petrel...