Tarik Shahzad logged 294 birds last year, a new record to Cook County, which is a hot spot for bird-watching in the Midwest.

It's part of an offer to help Chicago's piping plover population thrive. The Chicago Bird Alliance is offering $20 an hour for an intern to spend time at Montrose Beach. Jobs include talking to ...

An uproar began a few weeks ago in Barnegat Light, after work crews cleared 3 acres of beach and dune vegetation to the north ...

“It looked like we were going to lose the species all together." The piping plovers' numbers plummeted to all-time lows due mostly to human interaction on the beaches at Sleeping Bear. "They ...

Also on the Chicago bird front, the Chicago Park District board has renamed the Montrose Dune Expansion Area after the Piping Plovers that made the area a regular nesting spot. It’s now known as ...