During the 1960s, at the height of the pesticide DDT, the number of cormorants dwindled drastically, but when the substance was outlawed, their numbers came roaring back. In some areas of Canada ...

Some believe oiling the eggs isn’t enough to mitigate the bird’s population and think an open season on the Cormorants could help control the population. It’s similar to what Canada does.

Cormorants were blamed for an 80% to 90% decline in the prey-fish population of Lake Huron, a Great Lake bordering Michigan and stretching to Canada, according to the Huron Daily Tribune.

Cormorants have a long, thin beak with a hook on the end that works well for grasping fish. In the air, they may fly in a V formation and are sometimes mistaken for Canada geese, but cormorants ...

SYDNEY, N.S. - It’s a battle in the skies — and so far, the bombing cormorants sowing scatological havoc in a Nova Scotia harbour are winning. For the second year, cormorants have squatted in ...

The largest cormorant on the Pacific Coast ... an area of rich upwelling between British Columbia, Canada and Baja California. It is on the Yellow Watch List for species with restricted ranges.

Cormorants perch in December on the seaside ... a day crossing in both directions on Highway 101, a main artery from Canada to Mexico. Opened in 1966, it is more than 4 miles long and built ...

Cormorants have been the bane of fishermen since time immemorial. They are a very recognizable black and gray seabird with a very long neck and a voracious appetite for fish. These birds can be ...

At its 2013 peak, this was the largest double-crested cormorant colony in North America, with some 30,000 birds, more than 40% of the species’ population in the western U.S., according to the Corps.