Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 22, 2026 (AFP) - Can nations save the shorebird that flies 30,000 km a year?

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Chasing an endless summer, one shorebird species undertakes a grueling annual journey from the Arctic to the tip of South America and back -- a feat increasingly fraught with peril. The Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) is one of the world's most remarkable travelers, but its population has plunged 95 percent in four decades due to a complex mix of environmental changes across multiple countries. It is one of 42 species proposed for internatio......

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