In Massachusetts, breeding pairs have increased 500 percent since the mid-1980's, but the threatened, tiny shore birds still have a long way to go. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 15, 2023 10:30 AM EST ...

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FILE - A piping plover runs across the beach in Phippsburg, Maine, in June 2006. The threatened shorebird is being seen in record numbers on Maine beaches during summer 2022. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, ...

Their story was filled with drama, anchored by hope and, depending on who you asked, one ultimately about love. But it was never going to last forever. Monty, one half of Chicago’s endangered Great ...

This story has been updated. The stars of the shoreline are starting their summer debut. Piping Plover nests along the Great Lakes welcomed new chicks this month. As of the morning of Friday, June 6, ...

Lyra Brennan stood on a near-empty beach in Barnstable, scanning the sand for adult piping plovers and their newborn chicks. A plover chick is about the size of a cotton ball, and the same color as ...

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PELLSTON, MI – Scientists and students at the University of Michigan Biological Station will host a public open house event when visitors can learn about ongoing scientific studies there, including a ...

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Walking a northern Lake County beach shoreline Saturday, Glen Moss of Libertyville heard an endangered piping plover chick utter a cry. “I looked up, and there was a bald eagle overhead,” he said.