Festo has added to its robotic menagerie with the creation of a robotic seagull that weighs just 450 g (15.87 oz) and boasts a wingspan of 1.96 m (6.4 ft). Dubbed the SmartBird, the ultralight flying ...

SOUTH NEWFANE I love the New England coast, and in recent weeks I have had several occasions to wander sections of this coast, explore some of the inlets, and just watch as the tides breaks on the ...

It's almost Hitchcock-esque when you walk on Interstate Island, the site and sound of thousands of gulls flying and screaming and pooping. The smell is close to nauseating and the sound of birds so ...

The most widespread pink-legged gull in North America, the herring is common in the east and mainly a winter visitor in the west. Hybrids can be locally common (mainly in the wescat). Polytypic.

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A six-month-old herring gull named K2A has defied the odds by flying more than 1,700 miles from Great Duck Island in Maine to Pascagoula’s Point Park. Pascagoula bird watcher ...

We recently spent a few days (pre-flood) near Lutsen on the Lake Superior shore. While birding I came across a small chunk of flat rock near shore and just below a cliff. The cliff edge offered ...

Mainers love their birds and so this summer we're once again helping you build your bird list. In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon tells us all about the herring ...

Juvenile and adult Herring Gulls rest along a beach in North Carolina. Recently, they've been seen nesting near the Highland Park Bridge. The Highland Park Bridge is noisy—traffic speeds by as barges ...

Herring gulls notice where approaching humans are looking, and flee sooner when they're being watched, a new study shows. Herring gulls notice where approaching humans are looking, and flee sooner ...

CHICAGO — Scientists looking for environmental contaminants in the eggs of herring gulls from the Great Lakes have stumbled on something they didn’t expect: trans fats. These fatty acids do not occur ...