Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off ...

This story has been updated to include comments from the South Florida Water Management District. Wading birds across the Everglades ... They're even becoming a common sight much further north ...

Both are dark-colored water birds that dive for fish in Florida, but they have several differences that can help you tell them apart. Anhinga have a long, pointed beak used for spearing prey ...

An unusually large number of birds are ... "The rough water messes with the way they can eat. So they wash up here exhausted." Newsweek reached out for comment to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

You can expect to see common Florida birds, but it's also important to note ... With a variety of plant life and teeming bodies of water housed within its borders, it shouldn't come as a surprise ...

They start nesting in April, and prefer to build their walnut-sized nests over water ... is the most common in the state, according to UF. Although some birds may stay in South Florida ...