Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis ... But you can usually spot them year-round in Florida because of the state’s sunny and warm weather. Usually, the masked booby (Sula dactylatra) is flying about ...

OUR OWN EGRETS: This is with reference to the photograph carried recently (Metro South, Jan 10) showing a flock of egrets sharing space with human visitors to the Clifton beach. These birds were ...

Thousands of dead fish have washed up along the shores of Lake Apopka, alarming nearby residents and prompting an ...

The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge on the Indian River Lagoon in East Central Florida became the first national wildlife refuge.

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 ...