CARLSBAD, Calif.— Responding to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued a finding that the western gull-billed tern may warrant protection ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that a full status review of the van Rossems gull-billed tern is warranted, after completing a 90-day review of a petition by the ...

An environmental group says a rare bird that breeds in San Diego and at the Salton Sea should be listed as endangered. The group says the western gull-billed tern's breeding sites face several threats ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - Van Rossem's gull-billed tern does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, because its population and range are ...

TERNS ARE among our most beautiful and graceful birds. All terns are associated with water, and our five species of nesting terns all breed on salt marsh or sandy beaches. The least tern has the ...

PORTLAND, Oreg.— Today the Center for Biological Diversity filed a scientific petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the western gull-billed tern as an endangered species under ...