Durban — A Southern giant petrel was released back into its natural habitat after having spent 12 days at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) in Durban.

The southern giant petrel, a frequent victim of accidental capture by trawlers, is included on the Red List of Threatened Species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...

A fifty year study of the charismatic seabird, the southern giant petrel, on the Antarctic island of Signy shows its population has halved and its breeding success has declined in the last 10-20 ...

A SOUTHERN Giant Petrel was released off the Durban coastline recently after 12 days of recuperating in captivity at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW). The bird was found ...

New research shows decline in population and breeding success of Antarctic seabird. British Antarctic Survey. Journal Polar Biology DOI 10.1007/s00300-015-1855-0 ...

Its foe, a burly male southern giant petrel, isn’t there for the egg. With a lunge, the petrel bites the albatross around the neck, dragging it off into the bushes.

Its foe, a burly male southern giant petrel, isn’t there for the egg. With a lunge, the petrel bites the albatross around the neck, dragging it off into the bushes.

An adult southern giant petrel was found resting on a beach on the South Coast last weekend. LOOK: Critical 24 hours for seabird found with metal in its gut Home Page ...

The Southern giant petrel (M. giganteus) and Northern giant petrel (M. halli) can grow to about 3 feet (1 meter) long from beak to tail, with wingspans sometimes reaching more than 6 feet (1.8 m).

"A southern giant petrel came over to investigate if we were friends or food," one of them said. I guess the petrel, which are typically quite aggressive, decided the couple were friends, ...