Birds are truly a wonder of nature. Some birds are incredibly smart, learning to speak our languages or demonstrating levels of cognitive function that could rival the smartest apes—or the average ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Like so many others, the Northern transplant flew to Florida for warmer temperatures, landed in Osceola County and stayed over 20 years. Now he’s moved on. This particular snowbird, ...

Q: I saw the following quote on a poster at a wildlife sanctuary in Florida: "Cranes are large birds with long beaks found on every continent except Antartica and South America." I understand cranes ...

Steve Nesbitt–a retired Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wildlife biologist, who over a FWC stint of some 35 years, developed a reputation for extensive knowledge about a slew of ...

A Polk County woman's interactions with a sandhill crane she named Carl inspired her to write a children's book. The book aims to teach children about coexisting with wildlife amid Florida's rapid ...

Sandhill cranes are the latest victims of a particularly persistent strain of avian influenza, killing at least 1,500 of the migrating birds in recent weeks, according to a biologist with the Indiana ...

Animal conservation experts say they have no idea how the crane-like bird — a wetland species whose natural habitat was previously thought to go as far north as Florida — got here, but they’re ...