Lowcountry coasts and lagoons wouldn’t be the same without the gawky presence of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus). When not riding low in the water or diving for fish, these ...

Cormorant spending has rung up at least $11.5 million so far for the work at East Sand Island, according an Army Corps’ written statement. “The management of avian predation on salmonids in the ...

Commercially popular fishing methods put the tradition at risk of disappearing. More sediment, falling water levels, and higher temperatures are making it harder to fish. Under the light of the moon, ...

The double-crested cormorant wins no prizes for beauty or popularity, but it might win prizes for abundance and for fish eating. Therein rests the cormorant's problem with the other prizes. The bird ...

Many aquatic animals like frogs and turtles spend a big part of their lives under water and have adapted to this condition in various ways, one being that they have excellent hearing under water. A ...

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 ...

You know that feeling when you’re especially hungry and want to eat as much as possible, but your mouth is only so big? Well, some animals don’t have that problem! Unlike humans with our relatively ...

Stanley Senner, vice president for bird conservation for the National Audubon Society, told cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer that the bird’s history is one of resiliency. “They are very interesting ...

Cormorants perch in December on the seaside span of the Astoria-Megler Bridge, a crucial connection of Highway 101 across the Columbia River. The bridge is home to the largest colony of double-crested ...

Cormorants are far more beautiful up close than can be appreciated from a distance, with flashing turquoise eyes and a poised, alert, intelligent demeanor. Cormie, a rescued cormorant at Wildlife ...