Sammie Clark, beaver researcher with Urban Rivers joined WGN's Evening News at 6 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the contest.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada partners with Birds Canada in an effort to protect sensitive habitats that are critical for species, such as the piping plover. In New Brunswick, those sites ...

Fewer than 2,500 Western snowy plovers remain along the entire West Coast of the United States, and Alameda is lucky enough to host several of the threatened birds. Sharol Nelson-Embry introduces the ...

An uproar began a few weeks ago in Barnegat Light, after work crews cleared 3 acres of beach and dune vegetation to the north ...

(Note: Here is a unique suggestion from Chanhassen resident Bridget Ann Bagley on what the new mascot for Chanhassen High School should be. She has sent her recommendation to a district ...

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 ...

Nesting shorebirds frequent Longboat and Lido Key beaches in the spring and summer months, with the season officially starting on Feb. 15.

When it comes to dredging area waterways and nourishing beaches, timing is everything. And with warmer weather coming earlier ...

“It looked like we were going to lose the species all together." The piping plovers' numbers plummeted to all-time lows due mostly to human interaction on the beaches at Sleeping Bear. "They ...

Kouchibouguac National Park welcomed six pairs of piping plovers in 2024, which resulted in 16 fledglings — the highest annual production in seven years. But it's only a small stride in the fight to ...

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 ...