The soaring population of Great Cororants (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo and Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) has become a pressing challenge for European aquaculture and aquatic biodiversity. Over the past ...

Take the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), for example, which is found only on the Galápagos Islands. It is a striking bird with stubby wings and a powerful body adapted for swimming ...

This cormorant somehow manages to gulp down a fish that's even bigger than its head! How do these birds swallow their food whole like that?

A bold character with a scolding 'pitchuu' call, the Marsh Tit has declined significantly and has been Red-listed in the UK since 2022. Widely distributed in England and Wales, the Marsh Tit favours ...

The Whooper Swan is a familiar winter visitor across much of Britain and Ireland, though is less commonly encountered in the more southern counties. A large swan, with a triangular yellow bill patch, ...