This particular bird, a member of the rufa subspecies of red knot (Calidris canutus), is the ... trawling and hand-harvesting Atlantic horseshoe crabs to be used as bait in the eel and conch ...

The Rufa red knot (a shorebird named "Moonbird," or "B95," photographed in a crowd of birds at Fortescue, NJ. Credit: Christophe Buidin.) "Moonbird," they call him. Or sometimes, just "B95 ...

A master of long-distance aviation, the red knot makes one of the longest migratory trips of any bird — 9,300 miles along the Atlantic flyway from its wintering grounds in southern South America ...

He has been monitoring the migration of the rufa red knot, an Atlantic coast subspecies, on the Delaware Bay for the last quarter century. Dr. Niles attributed the healthier number to the ...

the Atlantic sturgeon and the rufa red knot. Red knots embark every spring on one of the longest migrations in the animal kingdom, from Tierra del Fuego to the Canadian Arctic, and back again in ...

“It will become harder for a Rufa red knot to have that kind of longevity,” Hoose said. According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, there has been a 75 percent decline in numbers of Rufa red ...

Have you ever heard of the rufa red knot? These hearty shorebirds pass through the Mid-Atlantic area for a kind of spring break each year — taking a rest during their annual 9,300-mile trek from ...

The rufa red knot may seem like just another shorebird, but this medium-size bird has an impressive life as a bird with one of the longest migrations. These birds journey annually from Tierra Del ...

The Atlantic coastal population of knots, the rufa subspecies ... The federal government listed the red knot as threatened in 2014, but there’s little prospect of further government help.

The rufa red knot ... Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe. The red knot’s range covers 27 countries and 40 states including Florida, along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. “The listing today ...