Tag: Gough Island

From a Paradise for Seabirds, Gough Island Has Now Become a Hell with Nearly 2 Million Predatory Rats.Gough Island is located in the South Atlantic Ocean, roughly between Africa and ...

Aambitious project aimed at ridding an island in the South Atlantic of rats has failed as authorities discovered that the rodents have survived.Rats invading the nests of chicks on Gough ...

Experts are unclear why giant petrels attack healthy adult albatrosses, despite the risks of being pecked in the eye or injured.Scientists have discovered that the southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) ...