One of the advantages of being a photographer is getting to go to some great places. Another advantage is hearing from my photography friends when they go to great places. For the last two months my ...
Arctic terns undertake an astonishing 70,000 km migration, relying on ocean 'refuelling stations' for sustenance. New research reveals these birds meticulously follow food-rich upwelling zones across ...
COIMBATORE: Bringing much joy to the birders’ community, two species of terns have been spotted at the Puthalam saltpans in Kanniyakumari. This is said to be the first time these seabirds have been ...
Arctic terns in Juneau have met odd ends for two years running, and they’ve just returned for another season. Two years ago, several nests of eggs laid by the globe-trotting seabirds were ravaged by a ...
The Arctic tern—which has the world record for the longest annual migration—uses just a few select routes, a key finding that could help efforts to conserve the species, according to a new University ...
Michael Ellis takes a look at a pair of seabirds that have set remarkable records for long-distance flying. Years ago, on my first pelagic birding trip in the middle of foggy Monterey Bay, the ...
With soaring lines washed in luminous colors, Moore (Yoshi and the Ocean) traces a year in the life of the arctic tern—an animal that, back matter suggests, may experience more sunlight than any other ...
Numbers of Arctic terns nesting at a key breeding site have dropped by nearly a third this year, as experts warn climate change and disease are hitting the rare birds. Some of the UK’s rarest seabirds ...