‘The Blob’ caused massive seabird die-off
Warm water conditions referred to as “The Blob” in the North Pacific Ocean may have prompted the deaths of thousands of common murres in one of the largest ...
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Virginia project raises concerns about seabirds
Conservationists are concerned about the effects of a bridge and tunnel project in Hampton Roads, Virginia on the nesting grounds for thousands of seabirds. The ...
Artificial intelligence helps researchers tune into island soundscapes
Algorithms can help researchers tune into massive soundscapes involving a huge number of species and background noise to determine the level of seabird recovery on ...
Interior least terns deemed recovered
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed removing the interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) from the endangered species list. The small fish-eating bird was ...
Speakers and decoys quickly attract Caspian tern colonies
Decoys and a good set of speakers are the perfect tools for attracting Caspian terns to new nesting grounds — and perhaps away from imperiled salmonids they feed ...
Why do Canadian Arctic seabirds carry so much mercury?
Seabirds in Canada and the Pacific Arctic show greater concentrations of mercury contamination than their Arctic European counterparts, according to a meta-review. ...
Watch: Murres dive deep on fishing missions
Rappelling down a 650-foot cliff to catch seabirds on a remote island just below the Arctic Circle was scary enough. “The first time you look over and you rappel ...
Watch: Biologists help albatross escape missile range
When albatross populations on the Hawaiian island of Kauai found themselves under aerial attack, the U.S. Navy and biologists teamed up to find the birds a new ...
Starvation prompted mass puffin die-off
It was the end of October 2016 when the first reports of dead puffins and auklets began trickling in on the small Pribilof island of St. Paul. Local Aleuts had ...
Conservationists capture rare, elusive seabirds for tracking
Brad Keitt woke up early enough to make it to the dock by 5 a.m., to get everything loaded onto the research vessel by first light. The sport fishing boats would be ...