For what seems like forever, scientists have hotly debated whether or not animals really know how to use tools. Based on my experience with the double-crested cormorant, the answer is unequivocally ...

Cormorants have been the bane of fishermen since time immemorial. They are a very recognizable black and gray seabird with a very long neck and a voracious appetite for fish. These birds can be seen ...

If you haven’t renewed your fishing license yet, yours is expired. You need to get a new one right away so you get out there before all the fish are gone. A decade ago, every angler in Michigan was ...

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.

No one can use the figure of speech “when pigs fly” to scoff at the impossible around me, because I’ve seen pigs fly.? A large flock of double-crested cormorants has been sojourning on the Bear River ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— Conservation groups today called for an investigation after agency documents, released last week under court order, showed that killing double-crested cormorants will not benefit ...

With its big, floppy feet, the double-crested cormorant is kind of comical, but it’s the bird’s bad hair day that will really amuse you. Right now, visitors along San Diego’s coastline or at just ...

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources recently added another training session to qualify interested persons for the legal taking of double-crested cormorants from the Santee Cooper lakes. The new ...

Lowcountry coasts and lagoons wouldn’t be the same without the gawky presence of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus). When not riding low in the water or diving for fish, these ...

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Stanley Senner, vice president for bird conservation for the National Audubon Society, told cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer that the bird’s history is one of resiliency. “They are very interesting ...