and should be learned well as a reference point for less common species. The larger California (commonly occurs alongside the ring-billed in the west) is a 4-cycle gull with a stouter bill and ...

One of the most powerful counters to that argument is the rare but fascinating phenomenon known as "ring species." This occurs when a single species becomes geographically distributed in a ...

Author says gull species are amazingly adaptive, and the Great Lakes area is a perfect spot to find many of them.

While myths about wildlife abound, most are patently false. Bats are not blind; big bears can’t climb trees and birds will not abandon a fledgling touched by a human, among other falsehoods.

Ring-billed gulls are smaller and you'll likely ... that they nest in spruce trees along Québec lakes, unlike other gull species.

The western gull-billed tern is the victim of a bad rap. Though often condemned for preying on other sensitive species — namely, the threatened western snowy plover and the endangered California least ...

NEWCOMER The ring-billed gull, native to North America, was first sighted in Ireland in 1979, near Belmullet.