The oil from the sea food of the birds supplied the waterproofing. The heating of the air layers adjacent to the water was made evident this morning by the wavy appearance of the horizon all about us.

Birds from all over the world flock to shores, bays, and estuaries, but not for the same reasons people do. But some species ...

SoCal sea birds poisoned by toxic algae outbreak 01:44. The toxic algae bloom spreading domoic acid across the Southern California coast has not only poisoned sea lions but also the birds flying ...

“By making use of uplift, these birds can soar up to one kilometer above the sea surface,” says Nourani. The study also raises the question of how migration will be affected by a changing climate.

And like the birds, tourists flocked to the lake. By the 1940s and 1950s, the Salton Sea had become a vibrant tourist site, with harbors and vacation homes dotting its shores and more annual ...

Salton Sea's crashing ecosystem. Like scanning a dying roadside motel for signs of life, scientists in recent years had increasingly despaired of finding major bird life at the ever-saltier, ever ...

Above: Not mess, but healthy habitat and bird larder. Resist the urge to bag all those fallen leaves. Insect-eating birds find food—insects, slugs, snails, other invertebrates, tiny eggs—in ...

California — The toxic algae bloom spreading domoic acid across the Southern California coast has not only poisoned sea lions but also the birds flying above the waters.Two pelicans stranded in ...

The sea birds ingest domoic acid by feeding on the fish that eat the toxic algae bloom. “They’ll need IV fluids,” Executive Director Debbie McGuire said.