What’s in a name? For birds, the scientific, or Latin, name is selected by the person who discovers and describes a species, but the common name evolves organically and can differ regionally. The name ...

If you walk to the end of the pier off 12th Street in Hoboken and look carefully at the neighboring one, you’ll see the city’s newest wildlife darlings, a colony of common terns tending to nests and ...

(The Center Square) — On the shores of Pennsylvania’s sliver of Lake Erie, something has happened that hasn’t been seen for decades: common terns nesting on the beach, raising their young chicks to ...

When last we left the common tern, all we knew of the black-and-white water bird was that it was a threatened species blamed for singly quashing plans for a signature bridge over the Niagara River.

The largest river in Lithuania, the Nemunas, was once the perfect habitat for the Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) and the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) with its abundant islands and sandy shores.

Hennepin Island%2C 2 miles off Lake Mille Lacs' southeastern shore%2C supports a common tern colony. Common terns are not so common%3B they're a threatened species in Minnesota. Managing the 225-pair ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Environmental Analysis Biologists Richard Ruby and Jay Miller, along with the Floating Plant Crew captained by Tim Colburn, were at the Ashtabula ...

Every now and then I meet a true wildlife superhero. You know, the kind of person who has dedicated their life to understand and protecting wildlife. And even after many decades, they are still ...

A common tern captured and released from a small island in Chequamegon Bay near Ashland now holds the record for the oldest ever Great Lakes tern. The tern was one month shy of 26 years old when it ...

Orange County birders, being the polite bunch they generally are, might have a quiet chuckle at the irony: the common tern is among the least common birds here, and seems to be growing even rarer.

Lakes in and around the city have once again proved that they are good hosts for avians.Sighting of an unusual common tern in Wadad lake on Umred Road have thrilled bird watchers. Three months ago, ...