Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists removed 778 pieces of plastic from a single 11-week-old Sable Shearwater chick. - Alix de Jersey On a remote, ...

Poo is big business in the open ocean. It's a vital source of nutrients for many aquatic plants, and helps sequester vast amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. But studying poo and pooing behavior in ...

OCEAN CITY, N.J. (CBS) -- Almost everyone who's been to the Jersey Shore has a seagull story. "I've had a seagull steal a pizza right from me after I got it," Sydney Mullin of Haddonfield said. "When ...

On the wettest, dreariest day, as rainwater channels snaked down necks toward smalls of backs, I stared at the open ocean and wondered if sea birds wake up grouchy on lousy mornings. I wondered if ...

A family that was fishing off the coast of Ocean City sprang into action on Wednesday to rescue a young osprey in distress. The exhausted bird, unable to fly, caught a ride on the back of the family's ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Some residents in Ocean View are concerned about dead birds washing ashore. Local rescue groups say there is a higher number of birds dying on our shorelines than normal, now ...

On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal-clear ocean live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in the world. They have bellies so full of fragments, they crunch when touched.