A team of researchers at the Memorial University of Newfoundland has found that the ring-billed gull is able to pass a widely used cognitive test called the string-pull test. They describe their results in a paper published ...
A small international team of marine scientists has found that a drop in southern right whale populations who spend part of their lives off the coast of Argentina, is due to attacks on calves by kelp gulls. In their study, ...
Staring at seagulls makes them less likely to steal your food, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Aug 6, 2019
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"The Arctic as we know it may soon be a thing of the past," says Eric Post, associate professor of biology at Penn State University. Post leads a large, international team that carried out ecosystem-wide studies of the biological ...
Environment
Sep 10, 2009
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Herring gulls notice where approaching humans are looking, and flee sooner when they're being watched, a new study shows.
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2020
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Seagulls favour food that has been handled by humans, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2020
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Ducks and gulls are the natural hosts of influenza A virus. Ragnhild Tønnessen's PhD research project has characterised influenza A viruses in gulls and ducks in Norway.
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2013
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A paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B today says that mercury levels in arctic ivory gulls have risen almost 50 fold over the last 130 years. Scientists think this increase in mercury pollutants could be to blame ...
Ecology
Mar 20, 2015
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Millions of scavenging seabirds survive on fish discarded by North Sea fishing vessels, new research shows.
Ecology
Nov 8, 2019
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Whether they're stealing your chips or screeching at your picnic table, seagulls are a hallmark of Australian summers. But how much do you really know about them?
Plants & Animals
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