Golden autumn sunlight glints through the sedges and shrubs of the tundra in northern Alaska. Winter is approaching, and soon the region will be buried under snow and ice. For the past three months ...

Arctic terns undertake an astonishing 70,000 km migration, relying on ocean 'refuelling stations' for sustenance. New ...

One of the advantages of being a photographer is getting to go to some great places. Another advantage is hearing from my photography friends when they go to great places. For the last two months my ...

Michael Ellis takes a look at a pair of seabirds that have set remarkable records for long-distance flying. Years ago, on my first pelagic birding trip in the middle of foggy Monterey Bay, the ...

The Arctic tern—which has the world record for the longest annual migration—uses just a few select routes, a key finding that could help efforts to conserve the species, according to a new University ...

With soaring lines washed in luminous colors, Moore (Yoshi and the Ocean) traces a year in the life of the arctic tern—an animal that, back matter suggests, may experience more sunlight than any other ...