Animals cover astonishing distances when they are looking for food. While caribou, reindeer and wolves clock up impressive mileage on land, seabirds are unrivaled in their traveling distances. Arctic ...

The number of puffins and other seabirds has soared on an island 20 years after it was declared "rat free". Efforts to clear Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel of invasive rats, which prey on birds, ...

A small island off England's southwest coast is celebrating a conservation milestone after its seabird population rebounded to levels not seen in nearly a century. According to The Independent and BBC ...

Listen to the BBC news report and answer the questions below. Scroll to the bottom to find a transcript of this programme. 3. Listen for a third time. Complete the gaps with what you hear. 1.

Seabirds evolved about 60 million years ago, as Earth’s continents drifted toward their current positions and modern oceans took shape. They spread across thousands of undisturbed islands in the ...

A visit to a seabird colony in summer is an assault on the senses. First there’s the noise, then the overwhelming ammonia smell that stains the memory, and then the swirl of colour and activity on the ...