Florida wildlife officials plead to keep fireworks and dogs from traumatizing nesting shorebirds and sea turtles ...

Rock is wanted for witness intimidation, stalking and domestic battery. The Sheriff's Office said Rock was seen camping on Red Bird Beach on the Snake River around 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

Habitat deterioration, predators and nest disturbances caused these birds to completely disappear from Illinois in 1955. But, with Montrose Beach acting as a haven, the piping plover population ...