The Arctic Tern and Pectoral Sandpiper are among the birds taking long-distance migration, covering astonishing roundtrips.

AMES, Iowa – Nonstop flights direct from Iowa to Venezuela are rare, unless you happen to be a well-fed pectoral sandpiper. Pectoral sandpipers are the most common long-distance migratory shorebirds ...

A new study on Ruff movements has defied traditional ideas about bird migration and breeding, with some males covering up to ...