Conservation experts report more than a dozen captive-reared Great Lakes piping plovers released in 2025 have been spotted ...

At 14, Of,gb:X,Y — better known as Gabby — is the oldest living Great Lakes piping plover, an endangered, migratory bird that recently flew to the Sleeping Bear Dunes to reproduce. She is being ...

Brooklynite Marisa Wohl worked in finance and is used to telling people what they don't want to hear. That trait helps her as a NYC Plover Project volunteer, keeping New York beachgoers away from ...

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Piping plover birds are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act and the Kansas Nongame and Endangered Species ...

Newly hatched chicks from birds on the Endangered Species List are running up and down a handful of beaches in the Great Lakes region. The population is recovering from near extinction, but they’re ...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System held a docent training on Wednesday morning where volunteers were trained on how to help fellow community members protect the ...

Scientists are keeping a cautious eye out for the seasonal return of piping plovers — those tiny shorebirds whose fragility keeps stretches of beach off limits to humans on Long Island and much of the ...

It's a summer visitor but usually an early migrant sometimes arriving in mid March. The immediate confirmation of it being a ...

DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – Once a year a small Colorado town depends on a tiny bird for a big economic windfall. The residents of the tiny town of Karval open their doors to welcome bird watchers at the ...

The Mountain Plover Festival takes place each spring in Karval, Colorado, about 65 miles east of Colorado Springs. Dan Merewether with the Karval Community Alliance refers to the six or seven-inch ...