Those trying to help the great black-backed gull took it to the Wildlife Clinic of Rhode Island to be checked out by Dr. Mariah Beck. “It had a broken wing and two broken legs.

In 2022, that lab found that a great black-backed gull may carried that year's deadly strain to North America. The flu devastated wild bird populations, including gulls.

The great black-backed gull - a very large gull with black wings and a powerful beak that nests around the coast, on clifftops, rooftops and islands ...

The great black-backed gull in South Kingstown, which was found on June 23, is the first confirmed case in Rhode Island, either in wild or domestic birds. A sample had been sent to a U.S ...

A great black-backed gull that was found seriously ill on a South Kingstown beach on June 23 tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Rhode ...

The great black-backed gull is on the UK Red List, external and is considered a species of conservation concern. It is illegal to intentionally kill them. This particular seagull, affectionately ...

Leach's storm petrel, the common gull, the great black-backed gull, the Arctic tern and the great skua have been included on a so-called "red list" by the Birds of Conservation Concern (BoCC) review.

The great black-backed gull is on the UK Red List and is considered a species of conservation concern. It is illegal to intentionally kill them. This particular seagull, affectionately named ...