Acoustic monitoring reveals a diel rhythm of an arctic seabird colony (little auk, Alle alle). Communications Biology , 2024; 7 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-05954-8 Cite This Page : ...

Little auks are the supreme ecosystem engineers of the High Arctic. Many other seabird colonies have the same effect, but these extreme climates are highly likely to be affected by global warming. The ...

“The little auk, also known as the dovekie, emerges as a sentinel species in monitoring Arctic environmental shifts,” says Dr. Anders Mosbech, co-author from Aarhus University.

The little auk — the most common seabird along the Arctic coasts of Greenland and Spitzbergen — showed no sign of weight loss or reproductive problems at three summer colonies despite rising ...

For the little auk (Alle alle), plying […] For seabirds, an Arctic Ocean with less sea ice could provide some tantalizing alternatives to the long-haul flights that some undertake each year.

Little auks forage in the same areas off East Greenland—the continental shelf and its edge—regardless of whether sea ice is present or absent, according to a study published July 20, 2016 in ...

Arctic seabird populations respond to climate change Date: August 15, 2018 Source: American Ornithological Society Publications Office Summary: Seabirds such as gulls can be key indicators of ...

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Museums and merchants started paying top dollar for great auk eggs and skins. In 1844, members of a small expedition found two of the birds on an Icelandic island, strangled them and crushed their ...

By 1800, most great auk colonies had been wiped out; the last known pair was killed by collectors in 1844. Objects on view include: A specimen of the great auk collected in 1834 and an egg; 2 journal ...

The Great Auk was a great swimmer but it could not fly. It even walked awkwardly and as a matter of fact, that very same word may be a derivation of its name. When three Icelanders, Jón Brandsson, ...