“While these birds can look healthy on the outside, they’re not doing well on the inside.” “While these birds can look healthy on the outside, they’re not doing well on the inside,” Dr. Alex Bond, who ...

A new disease has been described in seabirds, but it might just be the tip of the iceberg. Rather than being caused by viruses or bacteria, "plasticosis" is caused by small pieces of plastic which ...

New research explains how eating feces (known as coprophagy) shapes wild birds' digestive tracts (gut biota), enabling them to absorb lost or deficient nutrients and adjust to seasonal variations in ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Differences among the collection of bacteria and other microorganisms that live within birds’ digestive tracts — their gut microbiomes — are not primarily driven by diet ...

Differences among the collection of bacteria and other microorganisms that live within birds' digestive tracts—their gut microbiomes—are not primarily driven by diet diversity, contrary to a recently ...

Plastic is everywhere, and has become so common that it is impacting the health of animals and people. New research now shows that seabirds are suffering from a plastic-induced illness named ...