Late in 2013, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources announced its plan to authorize and orchestrate the killing of double-crested cormorants on Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie.

The Double-crested Cormorants are of note, at least: They’ve replaced the Great Cormorants that used to dominate the area. Russell chalks this up to climate change; as the Northeast warms, ...

Dozens of double-crested cormorant chicks and eggs were rescued from a wind-damaged tree in Marina del Rey and are now getting around-the-clock care, officials announced Monday. Why it matters ...

A eucalyptus tree in a Marina del Rey park was home to dozens of double-crested cormorant eggs. But strong winds caused the tree to split, prompting a rescue mission.

Dozens of double-crested cormorant chicks and eggs were rescued from a wind-damaged tree in Marina del Rey and are now getting around-the-clock care, officials announced Monday.

The station helped save a double-crested cormorant found on Miami Beach. A good Samaritan found the water bird with two fish weights lodged in his stomach and a third piercing his wing.

Double-crested cormorants were almost driven to extinction by DDT, the insecticide that caused reproductive failure. But after it was banned by the United States in 1972, the population spiked.

John LaMacchia, “Double-crested Cormorant” (2016), from the series Birds of America ...

At its 2013 peak, this was the largest double-crested cormorant colony in North America, with some 30,000 birds, more than 40% of the species’ population in the western U.S., according to the Corps.