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June, 2016

  • 22 June

    Feral cats continue to kill endangered seabirds on Kauai

    Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis in burrow

    Researchers last week discovered the bodies of six endangered Hawaiian Petrels at a remote breeding colony in Hono o Na Pali Natural Area Reserve, Kauai. All had been dragged from their breeding burrows by feral cats and partially eaten, including one incident that was caught on a monitoring camera….

  • 2 June

    Shifting bird distribution indicates a changing Arctic

    Shifts in the distribution of Spectacled Eiders, a predatory bird at the top of the Bering Sea’s benthic food web, indicate possible changes in the Arctic’s marine ecosystem, according to new research in The Condor: Ornithological Applications….

January, 2016

December, 2015

  • 31 December

    State investigating albatross deaths in Kaena Point reserve

    The Department of Land and Natural Resources announced Wednesday that it is investigating the deaths of three Laysan albatross and numerous destroyed nests in the Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve…

  • 31 December

    Gough Island mice eat chicks alive

    The seabird chicks just sit on their nests and get gnawed. They are not evolutionary-wired to deal with mammalian predators,as there were none on Gough Island until seal-clubbers accidentally brought them ashore in the 19th century…

September, 2015

July, 2015

March, 2015

  • 30 March

    Plastic pellets found in puffin tummies

    The seabirds typically feed on sand eels, according to the organization Fauna and Flora International. But in the process of picking up their prey, the puffins are also gobbling up bits of plastic that are polluting the water, beaches and an estuary called Firth of Forth…

  • 20 March

    U.S. government documents seabird loss in North Pacific waters

    The number of seabirds, including gulls, puffins and auklets, has dropped significantly in the Gulf of Alaska and northeast Bering Sea, a possible consequence of warmer waters…

  • 19 March

    How to avoid seabird bycatch in the Mediterranean

    Globally, bycatch in longline fisheries kills between 160,000 and 300,000 seabirds every year. In one day, around one hundred seabird individuals can be captured…

January, 2015