SOUTH NEWFANE I love the New England coast, and in recent weeks I have had several occasions to wander sections of this coast, explore some of the inlets, and just watch as the tides breaks on the ...

It's almost Hitchcock-esque when you walk on Interstate Island, the site and sound of thousands of gulls flying and screaming and pooping. The smell is close to nauseating and the sound of birds so ...

Many birders, including me nowadays, often dismiss gulls after a quick glance as just herrings and ring-bills, but they are worth a second look as they are quite handsome birds, especially the adults.

Mainers love their birds and so this summer we're once again helping you build your bird list. In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon tells us all about the herring ...

Many birds lumped under the name “seagull” seem right at home in human-dominated landscapes. In the coastal towns and cities of the United Kingdom, European herring gulls (Larus argentatus) are a ...

Herring gulls notice where approaching humans are looking, and flee sooner when they're being watched, a new study shows. Researchers approached gulls while either looking at the ground or directly at ...

A point of avian trivia: Only one state eclipses Ohio in the number of gull species seen within its boundaries. It is California, which dwarfs Ohio in size and has 840 miles of Pacific coastline.