Thanks to their sand-colored plumage and stop-and-go dashes across dunes, piping plovers are usually identified by their bell-like whistles before they're seen. But these birds' camouflage techniques ...

This is the Piping Plover, a small but mighty shorebird that has captured the attention of conservationists and bird ...

DESCRIPTION: The piping plover is a small shorebird about seven inches long with a wingspan of about 15 inches. Breeding birds have a sandy-colored back, white underparts and rump, a black upper tail, ...

On a humid July afternoon, two tiny Great Lakes piping plovers step cautiously from a breadbox-sized crate onto the sun-warmed sands of a quiet beach. Just a few feet away, a team of researchers ...

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 ...

Days before it was to be given a name, one of the four piping plover chicks at Montrose Beach was presumed dead Wednesday. Three chicks were confirmed at the nest of piping plovers Imani and Sea ...

An endangered piping plover chick was banded earlier this year in Milton, Delaware, and now he's been spotted in Jacksonville, Florida, after making his first trip south for the winter.

An endangered piping plover chick was banded earlier this year in Milton, Delaware, and now he's been spotted in Jacksonville, Florida, after making his first trip south for the winter. Jacksonville ...