Aster was one of four chicks hatched barely a month ago by Blaze and Pepper. It was the pair's second season breeding on a ...

Piping plovers have been in decline for a while but are miraculously thriving in Massachusetts. WBUR’s Barbara Moran reports.

Conservation efforts to protect piping plovers on the state's beaches has led to a record year for nesting pairs.

In the words of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the piping plover is "an indicator of the health of the fragile beach ...

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

Maine’s piping plovers are having their best year on record according to the latest census of the endangered shore birds.

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

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

A 16-year-old piping plover, known as Gabby, has hatched two more chicks at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, bringing her lifetime total to 37. Gabby, officially designated "Of,gb:X,Y," is the ...

The piping plovers have, in effect, created a protected part of the beaches in Chicago and Waukegan that benefits many other animals and plants, according to Itani, Lueck and Semel.

Thanks to the Island Nature Trust, dog owners can borrow a leash for their dogs at several public beaches on Prince Edward ...