ORLANDO, Fla. - Why fly when you can just hitch a ride? That's exactly what one fearless great egret did at Gatorland in Orlando last month. Video recorded by Tiffanie Eden shows the intrepid bird ...

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Nesting season for wading birds is underway in Southwest Florida. The window of opportunity to see an amazing array of birds − like every type of heron, snowy and great egrets, roseate spoonbills and ...

Great egrets in the Everglades are losing their sexual motivation because they are exposed to mercury through the fish they eat, a University of Florida study using more than 20 years of data has ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida's great egrets are having a bit of trouble these days getting in the mood to mate thanks to environmental toxins. A University of Florida study has found that eating bad ...

For more than a month, the long-necked white birds known as great egrets have been spotted in Pasadena, Florida with bright paint blotches on their feathers, indicating they’ve been shot with ...

A lethal Gulf Coast red tide that littered beaches with dead wildlife in 2018 is back and this time around, it s claiming one of North America s rarest bird species. “These birds are giving us a ...

MIAMI (AP) — Florida’s great egrets just aren’t in the mood. Blame it on a headache or stomachache caused by eating some bad fish. A University of Florida study has found that increased mercury ...

A lethal Gulf Coast red tide that littered beaches with dead wildlife in 2018 is back and this time around, it’s claiming one of North America’s rarest bird species. Earlier this month, two reddish ...