Nigel "no mates," the only New Zealand gannet on Mana Island, died this week surrounded by the 80 concrete birds. The decoy figures originally placed on the island to lure more gannets to the ...

But only one bird finally showed up in 2015. That bird, which locals named Nigel, spent years in a futile effort to woo a mate who was made of concrete. But sadly, Nigel has been found dead next ...

Move aside Romeo and Juliet. The award for most tragic love story now belongs to Nigel the bird and his concrete beloved. Per The Guardian, the story begins in 2013 when Nigel, a gannet ...

Nigel, a handsome gannet bird who lived on a desolate island off the coast of New Zealand, died suddenly this week. Wherever his soul has landed, the singles scene surely cannot be worse.

Nigel, they say, was a hero among gannets — a tragic hero, maybe, but a hero nonetheless. “He was a pioneering spirit,” said Stephen Kress, vice president of bird conservation at the ...

Nigel, a handsome gannet bird who lived on a desolate island off the coast of New Zealand, died suddenly this week. Wherever his soul has landed, the singles scene surely cannot be worse.

Nigel, a handsome gannet bird who lived on a desolate island off the coast of New Zealand, died suddenly this week. Wherever his soul has landed, the singles scene surely cannot be worse.