This tall waterbird, native to Eurasia, was spotted in Nantucket. Could the species soon establish a foothold in the Americas ...

Located along San Francisco Bay south of the Dogpatch neighborhood lies a peninsular park known as Heron's Head, so named for its shape when seen from above. Developed accidentally by an unfinished ...

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 ...

Imagine a prince, tall and angular, or a princess, long and curvy. Either with a rakish bit of long, flowing hair, dark, piercing eyes and a regal way of moving. They seem all grace and refinement.

Of the seven regularly occurring heron and egret species in Iowa, perhaps the most enigmatic is the yellow-crowned night heron. Although it may be considered regular, it is certainly rare to find.

It is well worth a trip to Cape May just to see a the lush color of the little blue heron Massachusetts has Plum Island and Cape Cod. Connecticut has Hammonasset and Lighthouse Point. New Jersey has ...