“Animal Control Officers Ashley Tester and Aubrie Mausolf waded into thigh-deep water and placed a towel over the heron’s ...

With their piercing eyes, razor-sharp beaks, and prehistoric movements, herons are some of the most dinosaur-like birds alive ...

Starting in late March, green herons begin to arrive in Alabama, where they stay for the spring, summer and fall. They begin ...

Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight, the Pantanal, Brazil ... is also known as the mangrove heron or little heron. This bird inhabits wetland environments across tropical and ...

The Pantanal is a place for strong biters. Hyacinth macaws can open nuts that you would struggle to break with a hammer: the strongest bite of any bird in the world. They are the world's largest ...

Xie Fanglin (second from right) guides bird-watchers and photographers to spy night herons at a reservoir near Zhongxi village on March 20. CHEN LIANG/CHINA DAILY Last month, Carrie Ka-wai Ma ...

Although the heron is often colloquially referred to as "crane" here in Ireland, it is not a crane. There are no cranes in Ireland. Our tallest bird, grey herons have a large dagger-shaped beak.

Many birding enthusiasts know of Bhigwan Bird Sanctuary near Pune, famous for winter gatherings of flamingos and migratory birds like herons, storks ... to take actions to protect the amazing nature.

Two other species of wading birds found locally and that are not considered threatened or endangered are the great blue heron and the American or great egret. The great blue heron is usually ...

Apparently, the majority of the birds that migrate to Central America live west of the Mississippi River in the States. Not all Tico little blue herons fly back in April. Some individuals, mostly ...

White Point's old oak trees provide an ideal site for the largely nocturnal birds to lay eggs and support hatchlings, Feavel said. Heron chicks take several weeks to learn how to fly, and those ...