Obviously, the gulls hanging out at Blue Marsh Lake and Lake Ontelaunee who have lunch at local landfills, can’t be sea gulls, because they aren’t out at sea. Some of them may have never been to sea, ...

Under what circumstances speciation in sexually reproducing animals can occur without geographical disjunction is still controversial. According to the ring-species models a reproductive barrier may ...

There is a game termed "name recognition" that I used to enjoy playing as a youngster. The premise of this game is to have one person say a term, possibly a color, or shape, etc. and then have the ...

The Auk: Ornithological Advances aims to advance fundamental scientific knowledge by increasing the basic knowledge of bird species, both living and extinct, and the knowledge of broad biological ...

November is often a pretty good month for gulls, and so it has been this year. Dave Lambeth spotted an Iceland gull last week. This is a real rarity here. The sighting was the first record for Grand ...

A migrating gull which likes to winter at Loch Leven NNR in Kinross is believed to have flown an amazing 8000 miles or more in its life thus far. While flightless humans are told they must not plan ...

CARLSBAD, Calif.— Responding to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued a finding that the western gull-billed tern may warrant protection ...