What’s in a name? For birds, the scientific, or Latin, name is selected by the person who discovers and describes a species, but the common name evolves organically and can differ regionally. The name ...

Great Gull Island, off Long Island Sound in New York, hosts about 20,000 terns that will hit people who walk in the colony. “They know, once we pass them and walk out there, then we’re done harassing ...

Mainers love their birds and so this summer we are telling you about a different bird each week with the help of Maine Audubon. Also read: Square holes in your trees? You've crossed paths with a ...

A rare cousin of Bermuda’s iconic longtail returned to the island last year – but neither of the eggs known to have been laid successfully hatched. Miguel Mejias said in the latest edition of the ...

In what is being described as a “landmark event”, common terns have successfully nested again in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Game Commission reported Wednesday that for the first time in six ...

(The Center Square) — On the shores of Pennsylvania’s sliver of Lake Erie, something has happened that hasn’t been seen for decades: common terns nesting on the beach, raising their young chicks to ...