Shorebirds take flight along the Delware Bay in Cape May County, New Jersey. (Bill Barlow for WHYY, file) Horseshoe crabs lay eggs that the Red Knot rely on. (Bill Barlow/for WHYY) The moment the net ...

Red knot birds travel 9,000 miles each year from South America to breed in the Arctic. The shore birds stop at the Delaware Bay to rest and refuel on horseshoe crab eggs. However, populations of the ...

A sudden drop in the number of red knots visiting the beaches of Delaware Bay during migration this spring has renewed concern among scientists about the survival of the threatened shore bird’s ...

Red knots—the plump, rust-colored shorebirds that flock to mid-Atlantic beaches each spring—are a federally threatened species, but new research suggests they may be on the rise. This year, the ...

TRENTON, N.J. — The federal government has ruled that a rust-colored shorebird known for its 10,000-mile migration is a threatened species. After a 14-month review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

Officials from Topsail Beach work to be good stewards of helping sea turtles and other animals, but leaders are questioning a request to help save a threatened shorebird with concerns about beach ...

Michelle Brunetti Post May 25, 2018 May 25, 2018 0 The threatened migratory shorebird the red knot may finally get a break, after its population fell for years as a major food source, horseshoe crab ...

Every May, these birds stop in the Delaware Bay on their way to Arctic Canada. But a shortage of food this season puts their flight at risk. By Jon Hurdle A sudden drop in the number of red knots ...