Bird Island is currently hosting an estimated over 43,000 Cape Gannets, a thriving colony that cements the island’s status as one of South Africa’s most vital gannet breeding sites and underscores the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The population of the world's largest northern gannet colony has fallen by nearly a third since an "unprecedented" outbreak of ...

The blue eyes of some seabirds appear to turn black after they have had a bird flu infection. The colour change, seen in northern gannets (Morus bassanus), may give scientists a new way to track the ...

More than 43 000 Cape Gannet have settled on Bird Island off Lambert’s Bay this breeding season, marking a sustained recovery for the endangered seabird and reinforcing the site’s status as one of ...

A mutated strain of avian influenza is killing unprecedented numbers of birds on the Shetland Islands, many of which are already under threat. A dead northern gannet lies off the coast of Bass Rock, ...

The population of the world's largest northern gannet colony has fallen by nearly a third since an "unprecedented" outbreak of bird flu. Researchers believe the Bass Rock, which stands off North ...