"We frequently see the birds when the hook is still in their mouth or neck, so it's easier and safer to get it out," NEWC veterinarian Priya Patel told the outlet. "Not many gulls that swallow hooks ...

CHELMSFORD, England - A gull was rescued after it was discovered with a disposable surgical face mask tangled around its legs in Chelmsford, England, and the organization that saved the bird is ...

DANA POINT – State Fish and Wildlife officials are asking for the public’s help in sighting a young Western sea gull that may be the victim of animal cruelty, officials said Sunday. The young bird was ...

The gull, now named Vinny, was given a long bath to remove all of the orange coloring Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

After an ailing California gull was rescued and taken to the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley on Aug. 10, officials there discovered the bird is perhaps the oldest gull ever known. A band on the bird ...

This year’s outbreak of the H5N1 virus has resulted in the deaths of nearly 400,000 wild birds worldwide. Scientists are studying the pathways of contagion among species. By Jim Robbins A great ...

An endangered Golspie bird tangled in a fishing hook and wire has been saved, after a mercy-mission from a skilled wildlife ...

Off Provincetown, Mass, last week many a sea gull crouched fast in a huge white trap set by God. Through field glasses a Coast Guard lookout watched one try to take off from an ice floe. Vainly it ...

As a boy, Carl Y. Matthews of Cleveland used to bathe in Gull Pond, a saltwater inlet near Greenport, L. I. He took his daughter, Irene, 7, all the way from Cleveland not only to visit the scenes of ...