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 ...

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’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.