A new public safety concern has developed in Scotland: seagulls. A series of seagull attacks have recently occurred, and only seem to be ramping up in recent weeks. The swooping birds have become such ...

Picture the scene - you're strolling along the boardwalk when suddenly, and out of nowhere, a seagull swoops in and steals your french fries or your hot dog bun. It's a summer menace many of us have ...

But not to the rest of Maine. Islands that puffins had once inhabited had become enemy territory, occupied by colonies of large, aggressive, predatory gulls that thrived on the debris generated by a ...

Seagulls can eat it all: everything from a hamburger to an octopus. NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with ecologist Alice Risely about her project, "Gulls Eating Stuff," that studies the birds' diet.