Using a box of chips and a recording of an angry male voice, researchers have discovered a way of stopping seagulls from stealing your food. The study set out to show that physical violence isn’t ...

If you're trying to keep your food away from seagulls at the beach, don't be so polite. Researchers from the University of Exeter found that shouting at gulls is far more effective at making them ...

Researchers suggest shouting at seagulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone. The experiment by experts at the University of Exeter looked at different ways of deterring the birds from ...

If you’ve ever had a seagull try to steal your snack at the beach, you may have lashed out at the bird. But researchers found that simply shouting at them is enough to deter the notorious thieves.

Sweet talk won't get you far if you want to scare off a seagull trying to snatch your food. Try shouting. Researchers set out to find if a man's voice was enough to deter bandit gulls from their ...

“So it seems that gulls pay attention to the way we say things, which we don’t think has been seen before in any wild species,” a researcher said. The Associated Press is an independent, ...