The roseate tern's name comes from the rose-colored underparts in the breeding plumage, which can be difficult to see on sunny days. How did a roseate tern find its way to Ohio?

A simple conservation strategy deployed by conservationists and scientists is greatly assisting in the extraordinary success of threatened Roseate terns on Rockabill Island, off the coast of Dublin.

Each spring on Falkner Island, which sits about three miles off the coast of Guilford, hundreds of roseate terns flock to the uninhabited five-acre island to breed and nest during the warm summer ...

Roseate terns are rare even in their own territory, which is along the Maritimes in the North Atlantic. There are other small colonies around the world, but they only number about 100,000 nesting ...

For since 2000, when Mostello, now 53, took over as project manager for MassWildlife’s tern restoration project in Buzzards Bay, the number of endangered roseate terns in the bay has doubled.

Roseate terns were nearly wiped out in the late 19th century, when their long white tail feathers were used as decorations for women’s hats. Present threats include habitat loss, ...

Around 85pc of the total population of Europe’s roseate terns live on Rockabill, a tiny land mass off the coast of Skerries in Co Dublin. The island is only around the size of a football pitch.

Terns, both the common and roseate variety, are compact seabirds sometimes confused with gulls. They are also Olympic-level migrators: After nesting in secluded places like Great Gull Island, ...

Birders, head to Huron on the shores of Lake Erie to see rare visitor to Ohio, a roseate tern. It's the first documented sighting in the state.

Roseate terns are rare even in their own territory, which is along the Maritimes in the North Atlantic. There are other small colonies around the world, but they only number about 100,000 nesting ...

The roseate tern isn't the only rare bird to visit the Buckeye State in recent years. This past winter, an ancient murrelet was sighted in Lorain, Emmert said.