A seagull cruising the shores of Waterford is being labeled as a thief who has assembled a gang of other bandit seagulls. The Waterford Recreation and Parks Department has warned beachgoers all summer ...

You won't find us endorsing aggression towards animals very often, however, scientists have discovered that raising your voice to seagulls – especially if you're male – will make them think twice ...

Using a box of chips and a recording of an angry male voice, researchers have discovered a way of stopping seagulls from stealing your food. The study set out to show that physical violence isn’t ...

Signs — emblazoned with a cartoon seagull dressed as a burglar — at a Connecticut beach in Waterford warn beachgoers of the seagull Brian Anthony Hernandez, who has nearly 20 years of journalism ...

Sweet talk won't get you far if you want to scare off a seagull trying to snatch your food. Try shouting. Researchers set out to find if a man's voice was enough to deter bandit gulls from their ...

“So it seems that gulls pay attention to the way we say things, which we don’t think has been seen before in any wild species,” a researcher said. The Associated Press is an independent, ...

Shouting at seagulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone, research shows. The paper, "Herring gulls respond to the acoustic properties of men's voices," is published in Biology Letters.

When it comes to slowing down those flying food thieves known as seagulls, you might not need a bird of prey after all. New research suggests the answer could be as simple as eye contact. Scientists ...

If you're trying to keep your food away from seagulls at the beach, don't be so polite. Researchers from the University of Exeter found that shouting at gulls is far more effective at making them ...

If you’ve ever sat on or near a South African beach trying to guard your chips from a bold seagull, you’re not alone. These birds have mastered the art of swooping in for snacks, often before you even ...