Tag Archive for 'Herring gull'

Herring gulls. Image credit: Georg Wietschorke.

Herring Gulls Pay Attention to Human Gaze, New Study Finds

Sep 9, 2020 by News Staff

According to new research published in the journal Animal Behaviour, European herring gulls (Larus argentatus) — a large species of seabird in the...

Goumas et al found that human gaze direction significantly affected gulls’ latency to approach the food: gulls took less time to approach when a human was facing away versus looking directly at them. Image credit: Circe Denyer.

Staring at Seagulls Makes Them Less Likely to Snatch Your Food

Aug 8, 2019 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the University of Exeter, UK, put a bag of chips on the ground and tested how long it took herring gulls (Larus argentatus)...