The title for Michigan’s largest, most cosmopolitan tern goes to the Caspian Tern. In fact, the Caspian is the largest tern in the world, measuring approximately 18-21 inches in length with a ...

The Caspian tern management project also calls for establishing and/or restoring three alternative nesting sites in the San Francisco Bay area, where the OSU-led team also has a research crew.

Caspian terns feeding on young fish have a significant impact on runs of steelhead in the Columbia River, new research suggests. Caspian terns feeding on young fish have a significant impact on ...

Caspian tern chicks with a decoy adult tern. The species is a protected migratory bird that feeds on endangered wild salmonids, and preserving both populations poses a conundrum for conservationists.

The Caspian terns of Rat Island have had a difficult couple of years. "They ended up here because they were basically hazed away from other places where they had conflicts with humans," said Steve ...

An epidemiological study found that 56% of a large breeding colony of Caspian terns died from a 2023 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at Rat Island in Washington state. Since then, no ...

Caspian terns are migratory and return to the Northwest in late April or May after wintering elsewhere, mostly in southern California and Mexico. They can live for 20 years or more.

Terns are generally smaller and, in my opinion, cuter than the gulls. The common species you will find here are the least tern, Caspian tern, Forster’s tern, and royal tern.

Biologists had no sooner set out a couple hundred plastic Caspian tern decoys and turned on a recording of the birds squawking than five real ones flying overhead came around for a closer look. In ...

It was the last morning of our mid-March week on the beautiful island of Taiwan. The birding and mammal watching had been ...

Caspian terns are migratory and return to the Northwest in late April or May after wintering elsewhere, mostly in southern California and Mexico. They can live for 20 years or more.

A rare bird was spotted soaking up the sun in Norfolk over the weekend. The Caspian Tern was pictured splashing around in the ...