Shorebirds take flight along the Delware Bay in Cape May County, New Jersey. (Bill Barlow for WHYY, file) Horseshoe crabs lay eggs that the Red Knot rely on. (Bill Barlow/for WHYY) The moment the net ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Nine U.S. conservation organizations have requested emergency protections to prevent the extinction of red knot birds, a migratory shorebird. "The Endangered Species Act ...
TRENTON, N.J. – A rust-colored shorebird known for a nearly 20,000-mile migration will now receive federal protection, setting the stage for states to coordinate preservation plans for the dwindling ...
There has been a serious population decline in the Red Knot subspecies of bird, Calidris canutus rufa. Numbers at their wintering grounds in southern South America have fallen drastically in recent ...
REEDS BEACH — A famous bird that's flown more than 325,000 miles over nearly 20 years has been spotted in southern New Jersey, near the Delaware Bay. The red knot was spotted today in Reeds Beach by ...
If you happen to be going to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore this weekend, you may run into some young people from the GreenMount school who have formed a club to help save the red knot bird. They will ...
A captivating video of birds flying in formation and sweeping a beach somewhere in the United Kingdom. In the 14-second clip a flock of knot birds seem to soar as one around a beach as waves gently ...
TRENTON, N.J. — The federal government has ruled that a rust-colored shorebird known for its 10,000-mile migration is a threatened species. After a 14-month review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...