The Bay Area boasts two of the northern-most California least tern breeding colonies in Alameda and Hayward, along with a few smaller colonies all the way to Sacramento. Alameda and Hayward also host ...

A fledgling least tern was spotted Aug. 24 at Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area. This is big news and the result of years of effort to get the endangered species to nest there. Amy Kearns, of Mitchell ...

On a misty July morning, a lone figure walks the rocky shoreline of Falkner Island, oblivious to the rising fury around him. Jeffrey A. Spendelow is quite used to being attacked by common terns. He’s ...

As the seasons turn, so the terns return, return, return (go ahead and hum along to the old Byrds song) to the Bay Area. One of nature’s amazing flyers, we’re fortunate to have so many terns visit ...

A hunt for the world’s largest freshwater fish is to begin on Discovery’s Animal Planet after it greenlit a six-part series from Scottish indie Tern TV.

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