Piping Plover females are the first to leave the Great Lakes and head south, leaving dad to finish raising the chicks.

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

This year, the names represent iconic Chicago landmarks woven into the city’s fabric and known to all visitors of our beloved ...

One of the oldest piping plovers at the park, "Gabby" now has raised 37 chicks to flight. She soon will return to Georgia for ...

By Lester Graham, Michigan Public The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes ...

Officials discovered a piping plover nestled on a fireworks launchpoint before the show was about to begin, Montauk officials ...

Conservation officials confirmed this year is a record-breaking nesting season for the federally endangered shorebird.

The three new piping plover chicks born at Montrose Beach have been named in true Chicago fashion: Bean, El and Ferris. Bean is named after the Cloud Gate sculpture, colloquially called “The Bean,” in ...

Some of the hottest chicks on Montrose Beach are now named El, Bean and Ferris. Why it matters: The monikers for this third generation of local piping plovers cement their Chicago cred with sly nods ...

Some baby birds just hatched at Montrose Beach, and their names are about as Chicago as it gets. Block Club Chicago reporter ...

The education efforts have clearly paid off, as the growing numbers of plovers in Maine demonstrate. After talking with some ...

Will Seabrook Beach enact a curfew to combat fireworks, noise, drinking and sex? Residents and officials say visitors are ...