Meet the cattle egret, a bird, that like many of us, isn’t from Costa Rica but came for a visit and decided to stay. The cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis), or garza del ganado in Spanish, is a stocky ...

Florida’s benign, semitropical environment beckons invitingly to a host of creatures from other lands. Over the decades, countless non-native species have established beachheads here, but none with ...

Once threatened by potential development at Sanders Ranch, a downvalley great blue heron rookery will be preserved as part of a conservation easement announced by Sanders Ranch Holdings and the ...

In my list of favorite birds, the great blue heron is near the top. Worldwide there are 62 members of this family, while 10 can be found in Indiana. The ones found here are the American bittern, least ...