Piping plovers are also probably the best known of the federally endangered or threatened animal and plant species in Connecticut. There are others.

To give new life to shoreline habitats, a growing number of projects are harnessing the reef-building power of oysters.

Watch black skimmers, least terns, plovers and other shorebirds - along with some hungry dolphins - give a show at Fort Myers ...

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Despite the challenges, Hamlin reminds residents that egrets serve an important ecological function and are only temporary visitors to the area. "These birds play critical roles i ...

Egrets have descended on some lucky, or perhaps unlucky, North Texas neighborhoods. “There are some smells that we do deal with. And at night, when we’re walking the dogs, the dogs like to ...

Fort Worth, which has become another egret hotspot, recommends trimming trees before nesting season begins. It says thin tree canopies of 70% cover or less are less attractive nesting sites.

An egret that clearly had places to be stunned scientists conducting what they believe to be the first-ever GPS tracking ...

Have you ever heard mention of a rookery? Or colonial waterbirds? If you have, it wasprobably in association with large egret-type birds. But there are many other birds that nests in rookeries ...

Egrets returned to Alcatraz in 1997, though numbers have declined in recent years. There were only a few dozen snowy egret nests located last year. Spotting them would be worth a visit all on its own.

State Game Warden Cameron Murphy said this case demonstrates why it's important not to litter.Murphy also said Kiwanis Lake is one of only a few places in the commonwealth where egrets nest, so it ...