Black skimmers will sometimes rest on the beach by laying their head and belly on the sand, Koczur said. A casual observer ...

The breeding male has a black, narrow collar usually broken at the neck, a thick black line across the forehead, and an orange bill with a black tip ... scenery and foil avian predators like falcons, ...

It was the last morning of our mid-March week on the beautiful island of Taiwan. The birding and mammal watching had been ...

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Sue Tomte has identified a remarkable gull phenomenon. Between August and November, about 2,000 to 4,000 gulls land on Fish ...

Bill Plunkett graduated from Michigan State with a bachelor's degree in journalism. He has worked for daily newspapers as a sportswriter since 1983, in Southern California since 1987 and at the ...

It’s 7.45am in west Pembrokeshire and an impromptu convoy is snaking down a back road to nowhere. Delivery drivers scowl in ...

Our writer headed to Skomer Island in Pembrokeshire, the ‘Welsh Galapagos’, to experience the biggest puffin count on record ...

As part of the Fair-Tastic Foods Competition at the San Diego County Fair, two Union-Tribune ...