Red knot birds travel 9,000 miles each year from South America to breed in the Arctic. The shore birds stop at the Delaware Bay to rest and refuel on horseshoe crab eggs. However, populations of the ...

LONG BRANCH - A decision made here earlier this month should continue to ensure that tiny shorebirds called red knots leave Delaware Bay with full bellies this spring. At its annual meeting, held this ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — We deal with weather changes on a daily basis in the Lowcountry, from wearing a raincoat to making plans to go to the beach. But how do endangered coastal birds respond to ...

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A famous bird that's flown more than 325,000 miles over nearly 20 years has been spotted in near the Delaware Bay in South Jersey. The red knot was spotted Monday in Reeds Beach by the scientist who ...

Red knots, a migrating bird species able to fly about 5,000 kilometers non-stop, are becoming smaller as temperatures warm in their Arctic breeding grounds, a study said Thursday. And these birds will ...

PORTLAND, Maine — The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 million years, playing a vital role in the East Coast ecosystem along with being a prized item ...