Milwaukee is hosting a unique visitor. Or perhaps new resident. In either case it's a Wisconsin first. And it has the birding world buzzing. A kelp gull, a species typically found along coasts in the ...

Milwaukee birders were delighted after spotting a kelp gull in the neighborhood. The gull was a rare sight. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, it is more commonly seen farther south, as far ...

In Argentina, kelp gulls are attacking the backs of southern right whales, imperiling the recovery of an endangered species. By Annie Roth Thousands of colossal southern right whales travel to the ...

A Kelp Gull was spotted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo by Tom Schultz An “extremely rare” Kelp Gull has been spotted in an unusual place — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, officials confirm. How it got to a ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

A kelp gull (left) and its Herring gull mate tend to their chick on a rooftop nest along the Milwaukee shore of Lake Michigan. It's the first time a kelp gull has been documented in Wisconsin. MNF ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo bid goodbye to two beloved animals this weekend — a chimpanzee and a kelp gull. Sammy the chimpanzee turned 47 in June and had been at John Ball Zoo since ...

Wounding of southern right whale calves and mothers by Kelp Gulls has increased from 2% to 99% over four decades, according to a study published Oct. 21, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by ...

The feeding ecology of the Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) was studied during the 2002-03 breeding season at Coquimbo, northern Chile. Food composition was studied by analyzing pellets regurgitated by ...