Caption This image shows a colony of thick-billed murres on Kippaku, northwest Greenland. Historically, overharvest has been the largest threat to Arctic biodiversity, but with few exceptions ...

Pacific Wildlife Care responded to a seabird called the common murre suffering from chemical burns caused by naturally-occurring oil in Morro Bay on March 7, 2025. Jim Winkle A penguin-shaped ...

Common murres, for instance, have particularly pointy and elliptical eggs (see above)—and are expert divers. Perhaps a streamlined bird needs a streamlined egg; stout flightless birds like ...

The first returning piping plovers were spotted in Orleans, Hyannis, and Sandwich. The 10-year veteran tore his ACL on Oct. 27, so it’s unlikely he’ll be a full participant at the start of training ...

These birds weren’t victims of an oil spill, however. They were caught in a natural process where oil seeps out of the seafloor — a phenomenon that intensifies during the spring, Masvidal said. Last ...