Long ago, the vulture was believed to signal impending doom. In modern-day Tarrant and Johnson counties, it’s the cattle egret we dread. Over the past 60 years, the eastern half of Texas has become a ...

When you see a large white form in the distant group of dead trees on the far side of our wetland, you instantly become alert. In the more traveled parts of our busy world, it could be a plastic ...

What's that white bird in the swamp? Discover what a great egret eats, where it lives, and how the bird bounced back from near-extinction.

Nests for egrets, like these pictured in Everglades National Park, are counted every year to measure the health of marshes. Late wet season rainfall and a tropical storm in 2021 produced a banner year ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Out of all endangered birds in Pennsylvania, the great egret may be a top contender for having one of the most interesting backgrounds. While these birds don't call the Keystone ...

The city of Bellmead is trying to get rid of some of its noisiest and most destructive residents before they make themselves at home again this spring. Code enforcement officers, police and public ...

Birds and landscapes are bound together. Landscape is habitat, and in landscapes, birds are punctuation marks. The bird that rose from the great watery expanse north of Devils Lake seemed perfectly in ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Out of all endangered birds in Pennsylvania, the great egret may be a top contender for having one of the most interesting backgrounds. While these birds don't call the Keystone ...