Officials discovered a piping plover nestled on a fireworks launchpoint before the show was about to begin, Montauk officials ...

Birds from all over the world flock to shores, bays, and estuaries, but not for the same reasons people do. But some species ...

Conservation officials confirmed this year is a record-breaking nesting season for the federally endangered shorebird.

Among the best-known environmental work happening at the biological station is the captive rearing experts for the Great Lakes Piping Plover Conservation Team. The effort has been instrumental over ...

In addition to piping plover, the restriction on human activity has helped such avian species as red knot, black skimmer, least tern, common tern and American oystercatcher, the DEP said.

After three piping plover chicks died in the span of five days, the Sun-Times spoke with wildlife experts to understand the risks the young creatures face.

The next few months are crucial for the survival of this beloved shorebird species, ... NYC Plover Project volunteers work together to protect endangered piping plovers and other shorebirds that ...

Last year, 40 piping plover pairs (80 birds) nested in the Rockaways, in Queens. ... “We are an endangered species, too,” said Ms. Brooks-Powers, the councilwoman.

An endangered-species bird called the piping plover is nesting at Webster State Park near Stockton in Rooks County in north-central Kansas, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks said May 23 ...