Coinciding with Wellington City Council releasing its draft Coastal Reserves Management Plan (Tātou ki Uta) for feedback, the ...

Where to find Arctic tern in Antarctica Icy Terns breed in treeless regions with zero ground cover, in open boreal timberlands, and on little islands and hindrance sea shores along the northern ...

Caspian Tern, Common Tern, Black Tern, and Forster’s Tern hunt over the marsh in summer, along with six species of swallows. Magee Marsh Wildlife Area This site on Lake Erie has gained legendary ...

The renowned Victor Emanuel, who founded one of the first ecotourism companies almost fifty years ago, taught me and countless others about the ephemeral beauty of the spring migration and the ...

Caspian terns are the world’s biggest tern, easy to spot from a distance by their black caps and almost comically large red bills.

More than half a colony of Caspian terns on a small island near Port Townsend died last year amid an outbreak of bird flu, underscoring the harsh effects the disease can have on wildlife. Researchers ...

More than half a colony of Caspian terns on a small island near Port Townsend died last year amid an outbreak of bird flu, underscoring the harsh effects the disease can have on wildlife.

After factoring in Caspian tern deaths in other parts of the region, the researchers estimated about 10-14% of the birds in the Pacific flyway were lost last year to bird flu.

Study findings provide new details on a Caspian tern die-off near Port Townsend in 2023 and how the virus killed seals in the region, infecting their brains.

Bill Lucia (Washington State Standard) More than half a colony of Caspian terns on a small island near Port Townsend died last year amid an outbreak of bird flu, underscoring the harsh effects the ...

An epidemiological study found that 56% of a large breeding colony of Caspian terns died from a 2023 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at Rat Island in Washington state. Since then, no ...