Over 3,000 elegant terns fled their nesting grounds at California's Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve after an illegal drone crashed near the birds' wetland area Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE ...

Many bird courtship rituals are elaborate and intense, and the California least tern is no exception. This fascinating Instagram post follows a couple from the ‘getting to know you’ stage right ...

The Bay Area boasts two of the northern-most California least tern breeding colonies in Alameda and Hayward, along with a few smaller colonies all the way to Sacramento. Alameda and Hayward also host ...

Thousands of Elegant Terns have gathered along the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, with current estimates exceeding 40,000 birds.