‘It’s a monster task’: can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies?

‘It’s a monster task’: can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies?

The dramatic sea cliffs, crags and stacks of Rathlin Island, county Antrim, rise more than 200 metres above the Atlantic Ocean and host one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies, including hundreds of endangered puffins, attracting up to 20,000 birders and tourists a year. On a spectacularly sunny day in September, the cliff faces are […]

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Seabirds Will Benefit from New Bill to Update Federal Fisheries Law

Seabirds Will Benefit from New Bill to Update Federal Fisheries Law

WASHINGTON (July 3, 2024) – Today, Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Mary Peltola (D-AK), and James Moylan (R-Guam) introduced the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2024, a bill that reauthorizes the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), our nation’s primary federal fisheries law. “This bill introduces stronger protections for […]

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Bird flu found in mammals near Antarctica for the first time, scientists say

Bird flu found in mammals near Antarctica for the first time, scientists say

Bird flu has made its way into fur and elephant seal populations for the first time on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, a team of scientists confirmed on Thursday, setting off alarm bells for conservationists as the highly contagious disease has already killed millions of birds worldwide. Scientists first suspected the presence of avian […]

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