Humans and birds have a rich and complex history together. Some birds, like the carrier pigeon or the bald eagle, have stronger ties to us than most. The cormorant, believe it or not, is one of these ...

The world's largest cormorant went extinct almost 200 years ago—but almost nothing is known about its life. A recent dive into the collections of museums around the world is helping to piece together ...

Photos began cropping up on social media around January 25: seabirds, ensconced in glistening sand, crumpled grotesquely in the golden hour light and strewn up and down the beach in Venice. “I’ve ...

From acidic excrement that eats through bridge coating, to nesting near roadways and causing accidents, cormorants have been known to create some problems for humans here in Oregon. But for more than ...

Austin - Texas landowners who feel fish in their private lakes and ponds are falling prey to double-crested cormorants could later this year have a legal, lethal option to address the issue. State ...

The murky mocha-colored water in Lake Augusta is as off-putting as the source of its pollution: bird droppings, lots of them. Every fall, thousands of migrating double-crested cormorants roost in the ...

Only six skin specimens of the spectacled cormorant are known to exist. Credit: The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London Only six skin specimens of the spectacled cormorant are known to ...