Manx shearwaters breed on islands in the North Atlantic where they make nests in underground burrows. Jamie Darby On a small island off the coast of Ireland, a team of scientists spent last summer ...

Diving seabirds watch each other to work out when to dive, new research shows. Scientists studied European shags and found they were twice as likely to dive after seeing a fellow bird go underwater.

Seabirds like the booby dive swiftly into the water from high above to catch fish. Despite hitting the water headfirst at high speeds of around 80 km/h, they remain uninjured. How is this possible for ...

Researchers have found that that cloudier waters, caused in part by climate change, is making it harder for seabirds to catch fish. University College Cork (UCC) researchers have found that that ...

Scientists that strapped cameras to penguins in Africa have found the animals dive deep into the ocean to drive their prey to the surface, enabling other seabirds to pick off the fish. The researchers ...

Diving seabirds watch each other to work out when to dive, new research shows. Diving seabirds watch each other to work out when to dive, new research shows. Scientists studied European shags and ...