Piping plover parents have their work cut out for them with these precocious chicks. Ready to roam the beach just hours after hatching, hungry chicks will leave the nest in search of their first meal.

Beach season in New England may still be several months away. But for our most steadfast beachgoers, the piping plover, now's the perfect time to hit the coast. Each year, the small, sandy-colored ...

EMPIRE, MI – Endangered Great Lakes piping plovers will probably die this year in Michigan because of hiring struggles and spending limits at national parks, conservation experts warn.

Ornamented in buff and pale feathers, the western snowy plover often goes unnoticed amongst the sand dunes it inhabits. Heedless of this shy, pocket-sized shorebird, developers have made the open ...