Tourist group looking at the common guillemot colony in island of Stora Karlsö in 1975. Photo by Lars-Erik Norbäck/Hentati-Sundberg and Olsson, Current Biology, (2016).

Common guillemot colony. Credit: Duncan Wright. Other seabirds have similar concerns, but they mitigate them with a less laissez-faire approach to egg-laying.

The common guillemot (known as the common murre in North America) breeds in both the Pacific and the Atlantic and is among the most abundant seabirds in the northern hemisphere. But like many ...

Consequently, the full answer is more likely to be a trade-off involving several factors. Why Common Guillemot eggs show such great variation in colour and markings is unknown.

The common guillemot (known as the common murre in North America) breeds in both the Pacific and the Atlantic and is among the most abundant seabirds in the northern hemisphere. But like many ...

The common guillemot (known as the common murre in North America) breeds in both the Pacific and the Atlantic and is among the most abundant seabirds in the northern hemisphere.

The shape of birds' eggs varies considerably, for reasons that are unclear. The peculiarly elongated and pointed shape of the Common Guillemot's egg is thought to prevent it from rolling off the ...

"This is interesting in that many common guillemot populations are decreasing worldwide." Hentati-Sundberg and Olof Olsson knew that before the island received protection, local people collected ...

Yves Guillemot, the chief executive of French game publisher Ubisoft, belives that traditional game companies will be able to meet the challenge of the changing game business, which is being ...

The common guillemot (known as the common murre in North America) breeds in both the Pacific and the Atlantic and is among the most abundant seabirds in the northern hemisphere. But like many ...

A MAP showing the percentage distribution of the common guillemot, Uria aalge, having a white circle around the eye (bridled form), at various points around the coast of the British Isles, is ...