Today we meet two such species, the black-crowned night-heron and the yellow-crowned night-heron. Both birds have a generally similar appearance. They’re fairly small, as far as herons go, both are ...

The mangrove swamp on Palm Beach has not been used in any manner since at least 1958 when aerial images were fist taken.

The cattle egret wades through the water, its sharp eyes scanning for insects and other small ... across 42 species. Breeding colonies of black-headed ibises, cormorants, grey herons, and darters ...

The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge on the Indian River Lagoon in East Central Florida became the first national wildlife refuge.

Witness reported to a local animal conservation center that they saw the angry fisherman hurl a rock at the bird, striking it ...

Currently beset by invasive species and garbage stranded by high tides, it is also habitat for threatened wading birds including the roseate spoonbill, little blue heron and tri-colored heron.