To everyone except an active birder, a seagull is a seagull. However, the herring gull is one of 13 species of gulls known in Mason County!

Inter-species stimulus enhancement: herring gulls (Larus argentatus) mimic human food choice during foraging. Biology Letters 19(5): 20230035. Doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0035.

Herring Gull Larus argentatus with three chicks (Getty Images/aseppa)Now in this book, I will be honest, I find that many of these gull species look interchangeable.

The researchers chose to study the behavior of herring gulls (Larus argentatus) which are one of few species that thrive in anthropogenic landscapes, meaning they are very familiar with humans, ...

The vagrant kelp gull mated with a local herring gull, though the chick did not survive. Experts say it's a "complete mystery ...

The top of the food chain – reserved for the animal kingdom’s most ferocious hunters and most lethal killers – offers residency to an unlikely new predator: gulls. Though most people think ...

The gulls (Larus argentatus) ... The Herring Gull is on the Red List of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) 'Birds of Conservation Concern 4' because of severe, ...

European herring gulls (Larus argentatus), a ubiquitous presence in coastal towns and cities in the UK, are notorious food snatchers – or kleptoparasites, to use the scientific term.

Herring gulls commonly breed in urban areas. This means they nest in roofs, ... (Larus argentatus) don't like to wait for a meal, especially when they have young to feed.