BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) -- It's all about the birds, specifically Red Knots, for a couple of wildlife biologists with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. They were out along the ...
In a room about the length of three beach towels, several small, hobbling birds splashed in shallow water tins andnibbled at mealworms — a favorite food. Their chirps were high and clipped, like ...
Red knots are small shorebirds with impressive mileage. Every year, they migrate long distances, some up to 19,000 miles, to the Arctic Circle to nest. Many prepare for this northward journey in South ...
The areas in the Wadden Sea where red knots, plump migratory birds, spend the winter are under pressure. The Wadden Sea is changing due to human influences such as mining for gas, tourism and due to ...
Each year, the Palmetto State plays a vital role in one of Mother Nature’s most impressive feats, when countless red knots flock to the S.C. coast as part of their annual 19,000-mile migration. After ...
More than 117,000 acres in Florida are set to be designated as critical wintering habitat for the rufa red knot — the first animal listed under the Endangered Species Act explicitly citing climate ...
In any group of red knots, respective individuals exhibit a remarkable array of distinct character types. Birds with an exploratory character are motivated to investigate their environment and readily ...
Delaware Bay hosts one of nature’s great marvels — the springtime spawning of millions of horseshoe crabs and the shorebirds that migrate thousands of miles to feed on the crabs’ nutritious eggs on ...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores) announced a second phase of last year’s successful red knot migration study in collaboration with Wildlife ...