Kleptoparasitism, in which a bird harasses another to steal its food, might introduce avian flu to the continent, currently ...

Food-stealing behaviour of the kleptoparasites such as skuas, frigatebirds, and gulls can enable the virus to spread.

It’s easier to steal another seabird’s meal than catch your own fish. But this behaviour by skuas, frigatebirds and gulls is ...

Skuas chase a gannet to force it to regurgitate its meal Bob Brewer/Unsplash, CC BY-NC-NDIt's not easy finding food at sea.

A new study has unveiled the migration routes and wintering grounds of one of Scotland’s rarest and most endangered ...

From the Arctic Tern to the Atlantic Puffin, find out which seabirds are facing a high-risk of decline following recent study ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Cape Town’s FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology shows that the ...

Climate change, loss of food, overfishing and bird flu have piled pressure on wild Scots birds and contributed to declining ...

Five seabird species have been added to the UK red list of birds at most need of conservation, joining others such as the ...

The new entries include the Arctic tern, known for its incredible migration, the great skua, or pirate of the sea, and two types of gull. The UK is known for its colonies of seabirds nesting in ...

With the waning of sunlight, the pace of sea ice loss in the Arctic is slowing, and the seasonal minimum is expected in mid-September. While a new record low is highly unlikely, extent at the ...