Shaun Whitmore/BBC Conservationist Wynona Lynn said the success of the Plovers in Peril programme had given the project hope The wading birds tend to breed on sand, shingle and mudflats on the ...

Heedless of this shy, pocket-sized shorebird, developers have made the open sandy beaches it favors a prime target for destructive projects, and human beach activity often scares plovers away from ...

Thanks to their sand-colored plumage and stop-and-go dashes across dunes, piping plovers are usually identified by their bell-like whistles before they're seen. But these birds' camouflage techniques ...

Not only that, but plovers are equal opportunity parents. The female will lay up to four eggs and then both parents take turns incubating the eggs and keeping an eye out for threats, both as noisy and ...

Recent Cal Poly Humboldt wildlife graduate Janelle Chojnacki will present a program, “Ravens & Plovers: Local Research, Ecology and Fascinating Behaviors of Two Species at Odds,” Nov.

It was the second breeding effort of the season for BirdLife Australia and Green Adelaide, trying to get a pair of Hooded ...

After nearly an hour of debate, the revisions add new restricted activities and include least terns, another endangered ...

The Connecticut Audubon Society’s annual “State of the Birds” shows that 2024 was a positive year for the state’s birds. Among the highlights this year is a small but steady growth of piping plovers, ...

Turnstones and dunlins have been reclassified to "near threatened" on the IUCN red list, while grey plovers and curlew ...

C. Diane Boretos, a wildlife tracker, marine biologist and former Falmouth resident, will be honored next month for her work protecting Cape Cod shorebirds from being crushed by off-road vehicles.