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 ...

You won't find us endorsing aggression towards animals very often, however, scientists have discovered that raising your voice to seagulls – especially if you're male – will make them think twice ...

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.

At the beach and on the boardwalk, seagulls have a bad reputation for swooping down on unsuspecting people to steal their food. But scientists recently discovered there's a simple solution to deter ...

Shouting at seagulls makes them more likely to leave your food alone, research shows. University of Exeter researchers put a closed Tupperware box of chips on the ground to pique herring gulls’ ...