Great blue herons are uncommon in Wyoming, but a growing number of them have set up a nesting area near Buffalo Bill ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I grew up in Florida, which is a bit of a bird watcher’s paradise. Brown and white pelicans diving at the beach, ospreys in the ...

I am enchanted by the majesty of the great blue heron. Whether it is poised along a river or flying overhead, the great blue ...

Birdwatchers had the chance on Saturday to see nesting great blue herons at a viewing event hosted by the Division of ...

There’s a new rat czar in town. An otherwise majestic great blue heron was spotted devouring a New York City rat Saturday — a stomach-churning chow-down that a witness described as “dinosaurian.” The ...

The bird family Ardeidae (ar-dee-ih-dee) includes the bitterns, egrets, and herons. Nearly 75 species wade waters worldwide, with representatives on every continent but Antarctica. An even dozen is ...

This song would have to be near the top of a young little blue heron’s playlist. Yes, I realize this calls for an explanation. Compared to its larger relative, the great blue heron, the little blue ...

Barely moving, the tall grayish-blue bird lurked through the reeds along the pond’s edge. Ever so slowly turning its head, searching for prey. Suddenly, without warning, the bird thrust its long ...

Our backyard pond, like any other, provides a smorgasbord of seafood for a variety of hungry predators that prowl the banks and shallows of this watery buffet. Bluegill sunfish, bass, small fry, ...

An image of the Willamette River created using LiDAR data. “Human beings like to engineer rivers for various reasons. … But this really gives you the sense that the river doesn’t care. The river is ...

A photographer in Texas has unwittingly captured an extraordinary two-image sequence showing a great blue heron immediately before and after it was ambushed by a stealthy predator. Can you spot and ...

I grew up in Florida, which is a bit of a bird watcher’s paradise. Brown and white pelicans diving at the beach, ospreys in the mangroves along the shore, egrets in the backyard and, lurking and ...