It's of a tiny bird -- called a laughing gull -- covered in horrific gunk that looks like melted chocolate. But there's a bit of good news, according to the bird rescue center where it was taken ...

The common wood duck and laughing gull are very susceptible to H5N1 avian influenza viruses (“bird flu”) and have the potential to transmit them according to scientists at the University of ...

While there are plenty of laughing gulls to go around, this species is still protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. On behalf of Gulf Coast Bird Observatory, we wish you a happy and safe 4th ...

But all you see of this laughing gull is a layer of black oily muck. Laughing gulls tend to hunt by picking up things off the surface of the water, which is where they can run into problems ...

A laughing gull goes for a small fish that was thrown to the bird in midair above Jamaica Bay on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 in New York. (Kathy Willens/AP) Listen to the laughing gull .

Laughing gull, a migratory bird from North America, has been sighted for the first time in the country at the Chittari estuary in Kasaragod district. C. Sreekanth, ...

Here are 13 birds you can probably hear right now. New York is quiet. ... the laughing gull can be spotted all day along shorelines or in the Rockaways and parts of southern Brooklyn.