The need to sleep has long plagued scientists. Why do we—and in fact every other animal with a nervous system—spend such large portions of our day sleeping? After all, there are so many other aspects ...

Our target species was a birders' favorite, albeit seldom found this early in the migrating season: a buff-breasted sandpiper. These handsome, almost pinkish-plumed shorebirds possess a peaceful ...

Olympic champion Katie Ledecky took her position in the fourth lane in the 800-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials, a heavy favorite to race to another victory. Erica Sullivan and Bella Sims ...

As each day passed at the Olympic Trials, the evolution of the Sandpipers of Nevada Swim Club grew exponentially in true Las Vegas form — from a longshot to a sure thing. One by one, the Sandpipers ...

Cuteness aside, though, sandpipers are pretty confusing, because "sandpiper" is both a species name and the colloquial name for the Scolopacidae family of birds. There are dozens of Scolopacidae ...

The Sandpipers of Nevada swim team clinched the state title for the third consecutive year at the Nevada State Swimming Championships Feb. 21-24 at the Desert Breeze Aquatic Facility, 8275 Spring ...

The Rainforest Trust and the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand recently purchased 8 hectares (20 acres) of shoreland in the Gulf of Thailand to protect a vital stopover site for spoon-billed ...

Each small sandpiper must harvest up to 20,000 shrimp while simultaneously avoiding the fastest animal on earth: the peregrine falcon. - [Narrator] Semipalmated sandpipers. (sandpipers calling) ...

Had owls not captured my heart so many years ago, then surely my spirit would now fly with the sandpipers. Their lives enrich my life; and the more I learn about sandpipers, the more I understand them ...

I am constantly reminded that I am not a very good birder. Most recently while traveling to Wisconsin I stopped in at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in upstate New York (we have such great ...

Eighty-four spoon-billed sandpipers have been discovered in a coastal stretch of Myanmar, offering hope for saving the endangered birds, a conservation group said Thursday. The discovery in early ...