Experts thought H5N1 bird flu would more likely reach Australia’s north. But an arrival from Antarctica had always been possible ...

Southern giant petrels have so far killed nearly 100 Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrosses on Gough Island in the South Atlantic. Courtesy of Michelle Risi, Christopher Jones and Alexis Osborne This ...

A new species of seabird endemic to New Caledonia (France) has just been described. In addition to at-sea sightings since 2008, three specimens of the bird are in museum collections. Though only now ...

Galápagos petrels are rarely seen, yet critically endangered. These large seabirds endemic to five islands in the Galápagos archipelago face significant threats from numerous invasive species. In the ...

Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana has announced the Petrel Base will be reopened following repairs as he oversaw the commencement of this season's Summer Antarctic Campaign. During a ceremony ...

Wilsons Storm Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, During a storm with high winds we encountered this rare petrels on the open sea. They were constantly on the move and not easy to photograph. (Photo by: ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Some time back I started a series on the ...

About 3 million years ago, giant petrels terrorized the skies and seas of the Southern Hemisphere with their deadly hooked bills and piercing eyes, a new study on a previously unknown bird species ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Time for more petrels. This article is ...

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