tern

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The polar bears pop up from their winter lairs, the arctic tern soar back from their long journey south and the musk oxen wade north.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

That could damage habitats for local wildlife, including the endangered Texas hornshell mussel and the least tern, a small bird that nests along rivers, and affect the Monarch butterfly that migrates through the area.

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2023

Signs also warn that the area is a habitat for the plover and the least tern.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

As the tern flies, the Beaufort Sea is about as far from these waters as Anchorage, Alaska, is from Portland, Oregon.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2023

The pages feel good as I tern turn them.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper