A San Francisco State University graduate student has formally described the Lava Heron as a species distinct from the Striated Heron, settling a taxonomic argument that stretched back decades. 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 ...
Amy Lardner first heard the strangled squawking sound while walking near the Lincoln Park Zoo more than a decade ago. It was the call of the black-crowned night heron, a wetland bird found throughout ...
A fossilized skull and jawbones found in Niger belonged to a creature that had a large, bony crest atop its head and lived some 95 million years ago. Named Spinosaurus mirabilis, it is the first ...
As the common name would indicate, Black-crowned Night Herons are primarily active at night often roosting in small groups ...
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