So, while this year, observers, volunteers and birdwatchers have seen just over 1.7 million creatures flying above the beach, only about 840,000 were southbound shorebirds, said Margeaux Maerz, a ...
Every May, loggerhead sea turtles crawl up the island’s beaches to dig their nests (in 2024, a record-breaking 243 sites were found). The endangered species’ steady rebound in the state is largely ...