Memorial Day marked the unofficial start of summer and peak season for Alabama’s beaches. An estimated 8 million people will visit Gulf Shores and Orange Beach in coastal Alabama this year, not to ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - During the summer months, migrating birds make their temporary homes on the beaches of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. There are plenty of helpers making sure the least terns grow ...

Erik Johnson steps carefully across what looks like an empty stretch of beach on the Elmer's Island Wildlife Refuge. But slow down and squint hard, Johnson says, and you'll start to see a threatened ...

The San Diego Audubon Society, a chapter of the National Audubon Society, is helping to restore nesting sites for a species of endangered bird in Mission Bay. The California least tern, recognized ...

Coastal advocates are urging beachgoers to leave their fireworks at home — not only are they prohibited at the shore, they are a concern for sensitive bird species that live and nest along the coast.

A yellow rope stretched between poles offers a barrier that Audubon Louisiana hopes will help keep birds on Louisiana sandy beaches safe for another nesting season. One spot on Grand Isle, another on ...