One of the birds she was lucky enough to find was the world's longest-migrating animal, the Arctic tern. Sherri found Arctic terns nesting in Valdez, Alaska, along a harbor. As she approached them ...

The study adds surprising new detail to the Arctic tern's epic migration The Arctic tern's extraordinary pole-to-pole migration has been detailed by an international team of scientists. The ...

The tiny arctic tern makes the longest migration of any animal in the world, flying about two times farther than previously thought, a new study says. Miniature new transmitters recently revealed ...

The best example is new research on the migratory patterns of the Arctic tern, using a minute electronic device designed by engineers at the British Antarctic Survey. Called a geolocator ...

Bringing to life spectacles of natural wonder on our doorstep The Arctic Tern is a maritime bird which visits the British Isles in summer from the icy landscape of Antarctica. This small bird is ...

The Arctic tern makes a return trip of around 44,000 miles from pole to pole each year, flying between its breeding grounds in Greenland in the north and the Weddell Sea on the shores of ...

As flights go, it’s a pathetic one, a mere jaunt in the park compared to the epic voyage of the Arctic tern. Every year, this greatest of animal travellers makes a 70,000 km round-trip ...

“Yep,” she replied. Even this premier birdwatcher could not distinguish at that foggy distance between the common and the arctic tern. They look a lot alike, especially from the deck of a rolling ship ...

National Trust rangers watching over Britain’s largest mainland colony of Arctic terns say the next few weeks are "critical", after 1000 chicks died from bird flu in 2023. Long Nanny ...