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Study finds life-saving trend among seagulls
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Feb 20, 2009 |
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Following trends is a lifesaving instinct, at least for birds, and provides clues that can be applied across the animal kingdom. New research from Université de Montréal published in Biology Letters, shows ...
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Antibiotics-resistant gulls worry scientists
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 18, 2009 |
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The resistance pattern for antibiotics in gulls is the same as in humans, and a new study by Uppsala University researchers shows that nearly half of Mediterranean gulls in southern France have some form of resistance to ...
Restoring fish populations leads to tough choice for Great Lakes Gulls
May 14, 2008 |
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You might think that stocking the Great Lakes with things like trout and salmon would be good for the herring gull. The birds often eat from the water, so it would be natural to assume that more fish would mean better dining. ...
Seagull blood shows promise for monitoring pollutants from oil spills
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Like the proverbial coal miners’ canary-in-the-cage, seagulls may become living sentinels to monitor oil pollution levels in marine environments, report scientists in Spain. Their study is scheduled for the ...
Livestock grazing and predatory birds combined may trouble farmland wading birds
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Apr 04, 2008 |
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Ecologists have shown that high densities of predatory birds together with high levels of livestock grazing can result in breeding failure among farmland wading birds.
Project succeeding to relocate Caspian terns
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Jun 16, 2008 |
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A major initiative to create alternative nesting sites for the largest colony of Caspian terns in the world – and to help protect juvenile salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River – is finding early success.
Scientists puzzled by sand bacteria
Jun 29, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say bacteria forcing the closure of many beaches may not be coming from people, animals, or sewage -- but might be produced in the sand.
North American birds in avian flu study
Oct 23, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say they've found the common wood duck and laughing gull are susceptible to the H5N1 avian influenza virus and could transmit the disease.
Flourishing eagles feast on Maine's rare seabirds
May 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Bald eagles, bouncing back after years of decline, are swaggering forth with an appetite for great cormorant chicks that threatens to wipe out that bird population in the United States.
Killer whales exhibit 'cultural learning'
Jan 26, 2006 |
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A Canisius College study has found killer whales are among animal species known to demonstrate "cultural learning."
It takes a village -- Female ducks negotiate joint rearing of ducklings
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Jan 12, 2007 |
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Female eider ducks are well known to team up and share the work of rearing ducklings, but it now appears that they also negotiate not only how much effort each puts into the partnership, but also profit-sharing. ...
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