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 ...

White streaks of bird waste paint the steel trusses. Every flat surface and hidey-hole of this bridge is stuffed and stippled with nests. Black birds roost on the girders, evenly spaced as beads on a ...

Cormorant fishing has been a fishing method in Japan and China for over 1,300 years. Commercially popular fishing methods put the tradition at risk of disappearing. More sediment, falling water levels ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...