The great blue herons are on top, their 6-foot wing spans folded into nests at the top of the platforms. Below them but still high up in the nests are masses of double-crested cormorants. And below, ...

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.

There are one or two things one does not do in the company of great blue herons. First, if you are presented with a wounded heron that’s been confined to a burlap sack, do not open the sack to look in ...

A group of great blue herons nests in the tall black cottonwoods of Ross Island, away from the dredged lagoon and just across the river from uber-urban South Waterfront. These big, gangly birds are a ...

Driveways are runways to some with wings. A great blue heron once flew past our cabin windows, just a few feet off the ground. With a wingspan of six feet, the largest North American heron species is ...

“That blasted crane is fishing in my pond again,” I heard my father say. I have corrected him many times, but he still refers to the great blue heron as some kind of crane. Many wildlife viewers do ...

This is the moment a snake fought back against its predator, coiling itself around the beak of an attacking heron. The Blue Heron had been looking for food around a quiet marsh when he suddenly bit ...

Malayan Night Heron sightings are extremely rare, and this Kakkadampoyil event is a photographic first for the district.

A crafty heron found an ingenious way to 'surf' with minimal effort - by standing on a swimming hippo's back. Heinrich Gericke was on a safari holiday with his family in Kruger National Park, South ...