seabirds

Recent findings buck the traditional idea that embryos are passive agents and instead suggest that by tuning into vibrations, organisms can better prepare to enter the outside world.

Watch and listen to reptiles, amphibians, insects, and birds respond to sound from inside their eggs.

Seabirds in Norway use fishing debris to construct nests.

Through their attraction to fishing vessels and their ability to fly great distances, the seabirds help uncover the presence of illegal fisheries.

Biologists recover the bodies of puffins from a mass mortality event.

As sea temperatures rise, mammals and birds may lose their edge over the cold-blooded species they eat, as well as the sharks that hunt them.

As the years go by, seabirds such as gannets get better at foraging.  

Newly discovered fossils shed light on the structure of the feeding apparatus of ancient seabirds.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

New research increases the understanding of how albatrosses fly effortlessly by harvesting energy out of thin air.

Seabirds can serve as indicators of pollution.