The common tern is a small colonial waterbird designated as a threatened species in Michigan. They breed in the Great Lakes ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Just like any parent, the least tern does what it can to protect its nest. Melinda Repperger says 2,300 pairs raise their young on the Coast and 11 nesting sites are ...

After the symposium, USFWS requested a transfer of property for the least terns and other species, such as nesting Caspian terns. Sadly, at least two issues derailed an agreement: (1.) USFWS would ...

JACKSON, Miss.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to remove Endangered Species Act protection from the interior least tern, a small bird that nests along major rivers in the Midwest ...

The reasons for these declines are multifold. Loss of nesting habitat is a big one. The common tern is a colony nesting species that resides on small islands in large bodies of water. Often these ...

Fish-eating gulls and terns nesting on Michigan shoreline areas known to have long-standing industrial contamination reproduce less, have fewer chicks that survive and develop more deformities ...