Have you ever been so hungry that you don’t even bother to chew? That kind of approach is an everyday thing for cormorants, a family of seabirds that dine exclusively on fish and swallow them whole.

Cormorants are becoming my favorite bird. And they always can use another friend. Generally speaking, cormorants – all 34 species world-wide -- are hated. That's the opinion of Dr. Francesca Cuthbert, ...