Bottlenose dolphins in the Adriatic are increasingly following trawlers to scavenge for food, with baby dolphins learning the technique from their parents, a study has found. “These days the easiest way to find [bottlenose dolphins] is to look for trawlers,” said Giovanni Bearzi, a co-author of the study and the president of Dolphin Biology and Conservation in […]
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Experts issue warning over distressing trend causing surge in bird injuries: ‘We are issuing this alert’
A wildlife center in California is warning drivers to keep a lookout after taking in dozens of gull fledglings in August. King City Rustler reported that the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Monterey County was looking after 46 young seagulls hit by cars. Many more weren’t so […]
Safe sex for seagulls? Why bird contraception plan in Worcester may not fly
Their brazen chip-snatching, swooping and aggressive squawking has earned seagulls a reputation as the scourge of seaside towns, terrorising unsuspecting tourists and enraging residents alike. And as the marauding birds have ventured inland and established urban colonies, towns have deployed spikes, netting and even birds of prey as deterrents. Now Worcester city councillors appear to […]