Each year, the Palmetto State plays a vital role in one of Mother Nature’s most impressive feats, when countless red knots flock to the S.C. coast as part of their annual 19,000-mile migration. After ...

Red knots stop at the bay during a period of about six weeks centered on the highest May tides as they head to Arctic nesting grounds to breed. The long-distant migrant uses the ocean side more on a ...

Summer travelers aren’t the only ones headed for Delaware’s beaches this Memorial Day weekend. Thousands and thousands of red knot birds are making their annual pitstop along the Delaware Bay to fuel ...

When the tide comes under May’s full moon, an extraordinary, almost magical event occurs on Delaware Bay beaches: Like an invasion of small prehistoric tanks, millions of horseshoe crabs rumble into ...

Red knots are small shorebirds with impressive mileage. Every year, they migrate long distances, some up to 19,000 miles, to the Arctic Circle to nest. Many prepare for this northward journey in South ...

LONG BRANCH - A decision made here earlier this month should continue to ensure that tiny shorebirds called red knots leave Delaware Bay with full bellies this spring. At its annual meeting, held this ...

Several habitats for threatened shorebirds and spawning horseshoe crabs will be protected for five years after a federal judge in Charleston approved a consent order that stops three groups from ...