Black-crowned night herons could go the way of the passenger pigeon, vanishing from the city. Why remains a mystery.

A San Francisco State University graduate student has formally described the Lava Heron as a species distinct from the Striated Heron, settling a taxonomic argument that stretched back decades. The ...

A video from the Pangolin Wildlife Photography YouTube channel gives us insight into the extraordinary hunting style of the ...

These birds feature a type of feather called “powder down.” Instead of molting, their tips slowly turn into waterproofing powder. Interestingly, boat-billed herons produce vocalizations that sound a ...

Amy Lardner first heard the strangled squawking sound while walking near the Lincoln Park Zoo more than a decade ago. It was the call of the black-crowned night heron, a wetland bird found throughout ...

When the bones of an ancient heron were unearthed at a North Florida fossil site, the find wasn't made by researchers but by two Florida Museum of Natural History volunteers. A previously unknown ...

Shrimplike creatures, an extinct dinosaur called the "hell heron" and colorful beetles are among the 552 new species described this year by scientists at the Natural History Museum in London. The ...