A lethal Gulf Coast red tide that littered beaches with dead wildlife in 2018 is back and this time around, it's claiming one of North America's rarest bird species. Earlier this month, two reddish ...

"We suspect that there are population declines in the last 15 or 20 years," said Andrew Cox, a biologist at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. "This is a species that is currently ...

Great egrets in the Everglades are losing their sexual motivation because they are exposed to mercury through the fish they eat, a University of Florida study using more than 20 years of data has ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Why fly when you can just hitch a ride? That's exactly what one fearless great egret did at Gatorland in Orlando last month. Video recorded by Tiffanie Eden shows the intrepid bird ...