The Wilson’s phalarope, a small migratory shorebird that depends on the Great Salt Lake as a refueling stop during its annual ...
China's tidal flats feed people and mollusk-eating migrating shorebirds such as red knots, great knots and Eurasian oystercatchers. Under good management, these flats used for aquaculture markedly ...
Scientists used small solar tags to identify where long-billed curlews migrate, revealing hidden populations of North America’s largest shorebird. Andy Boyce, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...
Thousands of shorebirds from the Arctic tundra are stopping by Massachusetts as they head south for the winter. It’s an opportunity for some shorebird-watchers and researchers to count the birds, ...
Migratory shorebirds undertake annual journeys spanning continents, relying on networks of stopover sites to rest and refuel. The rapid loss and degradation of intertidal wetlands, combined with ...
The Center for Biological Diversity said Wednesday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been notified about the expected legal action for the federal agency "failing to designate critical ...
Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his new book Carlyn Kranking | Associate Web Editor, Science A high-pitched, ...
TELUK AIR TAWAR, Malaysia — The tide is rising. On the Teluk Air Tawar-Kuala Muda coast (TAT-KM) of Penang state in Peninsular Malaysia, fishers are boating out to the sea for their morning catch.