Thanks to more than 80,000 observations of 12,000 different cormorants, it is now possible to understand why certain birds choose to migrate, and how this could help them adapt to climate change.

Shags and cormorants are skilled divers, capable of plunging as deep as 150 feet to catch fish. Some varieties, like imperial shags, have been recorded foraging on the sea floor.

A few years ago, cormorants decided to make Loon Lake Island their home. However, the birds brought a unique problem with no easy solution. The city of Waseca says bird droppings are destroying ...

Cormorants by the thousands have taken up residence under the landmark Astoria-Megler Bridge over the Columbia River. Their poop can corrode the bridge and that is unacceptable to the Oregon and ...

Environment Cormorants to be killed to see if they eat protected salmon, agency says Updated: Apr. 24, 2013, 12:44 a.m. | Published: Apr. 22, 2013, 11:44 p.m.

Double-crested cormorants like this one spread their wings in the sun to dry after getting them wet in the pursuit of small fish in the water. East Sand Island near Chinook is the location of a ...

ODOT hopes to begin the relocation of the birds in 2024 or 2025, a process that will include restoring habitat, some of which officials previously bulldozed into the river to get the cormorants to ...

Cormorants fish by swimming after their prey, as opposed to the plunging dives typical of pelicans, gulls and terns. The birds lack the oils that keep the feathers of ducks and other water birds dry.

Gawky, deep-diving Double-crested Cormorants found year round in the Lowcountry south carolina may become an indicator helping scientists track effects of plastics on aquatic ecosystems.

Cliffs on the Isle of May, Scotland. Crested cormorants dot rocky islets and cliffs, where they can rest between fishing sessions, dry their feathers, which are only partially waterproof, and ...