T he Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus, lives in North America.It exists primarily in three distinct breeding populations.

Piping plovers are continuing their comeback story. Massachusetts beaches for the second straight year saw more nesting piping plovers than at any time in the last four decades, according to Mass ...

Since its Endangered Species Act protection more than 20 years ago, piping plover numbers have increased — through intensive nest and predator-management programs, as well as the designation of ...

When it comes to dredging area waterways and nourishing beaches, timing is everything. And with warmer weather coming earlier ...

CUMBERLAND ISLAND, GA – The oldest known Great Lakes piping plover was recently spotted at her favorite wintering grounds on ...

Piping plovers are migrating shorebirds that make their stop along the coastlines of eastern North America each spring to nest and raise their young before setting off on their journey south to ...

“Piping plovers nest on beaches, and beaches are used by humans.” Disruption of plover nests by humans, off-leash dogs, people driving on beaches, and other habitat disruptions have caused ...

Piping plovers are migrating shorebirds that make their stop along the coastlines of eastern North America each spring to nest and raise their young before setting off on their journey south to ...

FREDERICTON - It’s a small step toward saving an endangered species but a big leap for a little bird. Sixteen piping plover chicks survived in 2024 in the Kouchibouguac National Park on the east ...