UJI, Kyoto Prefecture--When masters call out to a flock of Japanese cormorants, the birds return to the bank of a man-made pond, their throats bulging with fish. The scene resembles the traditional ...

The flightless Galapagos cormorant is one of a diverse array of animals that live on the Galapagos Islands, which piqued Charles Darwin’s scientific curiosity in the 1830s. He hypothesized that ...

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A lot has happened since we first heard about the AirMule, a prototype VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) aircraft that features internal rotor blades – these work along with the horizontal-thrust ...

Cormorant fishing, a method that involves lighting a fire to lure sweetfish and catching them with tamed cormorants, is today a popular tourist attraction that marks the beginning of summer in Japan.

GIFU—The designer best known for the Nanatsuboshi (Seven Stars) sleeper train has completed another lavish project, this one for private charters to see the city’s tradition of “ukai” cormorant ...

The world’s largest cormorant went extinct almost 200 years ago – but almost nothing is known about its life. A recent dive into the collections of museums around the world is helping to piece ...