There are 38 cormorant species worldwide and six in North ... young bird sometimes inserts its entire head into the open mouth of the adult, which regurgitates its partially-digested catch.

If these strains return from livestock to the wild, birds such as this year's bird of the year, the Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), can be among the casualties. Wild birds can be a "reservoir" ...

Fishing boats are out on the Nagara River in Gifu this week for the start of cormorant fishing season. The centuries-old tradition, known as ukai fishing, involves fishers manipulating cormorants ...