Demand for fashionable hats almost wiped out one of North America's rarest birds. Now Florida biologists want to establish a baseline for the reddish egret's population to make sure the bird with the ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's not a particularly good painting, but it's one of the most shared photos on the internet right now. Cindi Decker is by all accounts, a pretty normal mom. She lives in St. John's County and ...

It sounds like the setup for a joke missing a punchline: What’s big and white and seen all over? One of the first things many Southwest Florida newcomers may notice is the abundance of large, pale, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (FOX 13) - When you need a ride somewhere, it’s only appropriate that a gator could be an option in Florida. Jim Schaller was visiting Gatorland in Orlando for his daughter’s birthday on ...

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 ...

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 ...

"We suspect that there are population declines in the last 15 or 20 years," said Andrew Cox, a biologist at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. "This is a species that is currently ...