Piping plovers have made a remarkable recovery in Massachusetts. But the tiny, threatened shorebird is declining in other ...

Many terns and gulls usually seen on Cape Cod beaches are still nesting in the Arctic. Meantime, those who are on the Cape ...

American oystercatchers are thriving on New York beaches, showcasing a resilient conservation success amid challenges from predators and human activity.

Plovers nest each year up and down Massachusetts' coast from Salisbury Beach to Wollaston to Provincetown. ... with the storm surge eroding dunes and washing away many shorebird nests in the region.

Late July and August is the peak migration time for shorebirds heading south along the Massachusetts coast. Places like South Beach in Chatham and Monomoy Island on Cape Cod as well as Duxbury and ...

Long Beach in Plymouth had restrictions on Memorial Day weekend for 8 sets of piping plovers. Dogs are typically banned from beaches during the warmer months to protect the shorebirds.

IDEAS An ecological disaster that’s within our grasp to reverse Shorebirds that migrate through the Northeast are in serious decline. It’s not too late to save them.

The most important foraging areas for shorebirds are found within the wild and relatively inaccessible wilderness of Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, 7,600 acres of barrier beach, wetlands, dunes ...

The study’s findings are based on observations of 69.6 million shorebirds between 1980 and 2019 at sites spanning the North American Atlantic coast, which allowed the authors to extrapolate to ...