Billions of birds travel distances incomprehensible to humans annually. Some, like the Arctic tern, log sufficient miles in ...

Sight and smell are two basic cues that birds use to find their way. If birds have already migrated once, they'll likely ...

traces a year in the life of the arctic tern—an animal that, back matter suggests, may experience more sunlight than any other on Earth. The migrating birds raise their young during the arctic ...

Breeding in polar ecosystems presents both opportunities and formidable challenges for over 250 modern bird species. Some, like the Arctic tern, undertake extreme migrations between the poles ...

Bird flu had a devastating impact on seabirds ... first known breeding attempt between an American black tern and Arctic tern, but said that although three eggs were successfully laid, it now ...

An Arctic tern chick feeding at Long Nanny, Northumberland (National Trust/PA) Last summer, more than 1,000 Artic tern chicks and several little terns died as bird flu swept through the colony ...

Assuming bird flu did not return to the bird population in Northumberland for the next few years, last year's poor Arctic tern chick survival rate was unlikely to affect long-term population ...

An Arctic tern chick feeding at Long Nanny, Northumberland (National Trust/PA) Last summer, more than 1,000 Artic tern chicks and several little terns died as bird flu swept through the colony, which ...