OCEAN CITY, N.J. -- On Monday, folks in Ocean City gathered on the boardwalk to meet the newest defense against the increasingly aggressive gulls: raptors, or birds of prey. The city has hired East ...

If you're trying to keep your food away from seagulls at the beach, don't be so polite. Researchers from the University of ...

Ocean City resident Angela Smedile was at the Ocean City Music Pier, where Swanson and his team introduced the raptors to the curious children, families, and tourists. She noted the small number of ...

Hawks, falcons, and an owl are being used to keep seagulls away from humans on the Ocean City, N.J. boardwalk for the fourth year. Ian Turner of East Coast Falcons releases a Harris's hawk on the ...

A seagull has been caught on camera attacking and devouring a baby shark on a New Jersey beach, an area that is increasingly plagued by aggressive birds. Footage of the incident surfaced this week ...

The mayor of Ocean City, New Jersey, is imploring beachgoers and boardwalk visitors to stop feeding seagulls, lamenting in an open letter that the birds are becoming emboldened and the problem has ...

OCEAN CITY, N.J. (CBS) -- Almost everyone who's been to the Jersey Shore has a seagull story. "I've had a seagull steal a pizza right from me after I got it," Sydney Mullin of Haddonfield said. "When ...

The mayor of Ocean City, New Jersey says seagulls have become “very aggressive” in the municipality and warns that feeding the birds is against the law. In an online statement, Mayor Jay Gillian says ...