Scientists mark some snowy plover chicks soon after they hatch with color-coded leg bands. The combination of colors helps the scientists to track individual birds. In the photos below ...

Annual restrictions have begun along some southern Maine beaches to help protect piping plovers. As of Tuesday, April 1, ...

Lovebirds’ story: As piping plover monitors, Eden Essex and her partner, Daniel Eastman, regularly don bright orange shirts ...

EMPIRE, MI – Endangered Great Lakes piping plovers will probably die this year in Michigan because of hiring struggles and spending limits at national parks, conservation experts warn.

The number of Western snowy plovers in Oregon increased slightly last year, continuing what’s been a major success story for the threatened shorebird as officials begin roping off beach for ...

Today's photo of the day, “Golden plover at Golden Hour,” comes to us via Glen Phillips. Send your best photos from Maui County to [email protected] for a chance to see them featured on ...

The Town of Hull, Mass Audubon’s Coastal Waterbird Program, and Hull’s Piping Plover Ambassadors are committed to monitoring ...

Daniel Eastman looking out for piping plovers at Montrose Beach during a monitoring shift in July 2024. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Eden Essex and her partner, Daniel Eastman ...

In a recent social media post, the organization Chicago Piping Plovers put a call-out for volunteers to monitor this year’s ...