tern
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Laboratory testing confirmed the disease had infected a greater crested tern in the town of Robe, South Australia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Year by year now, we're getting more little tern fledglings off and away back to Africa - so that's really amazing."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
Another tern passed overhead, then another, and another.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
