The green heron is an unusual bird. It is one of the few tool-using birds. It drops bait on the surface of the water and then grabs the small fish that it attracts. It uses such things as insects, ...

Great blue herons are such a familiar sight in summer that a lake, pond or waterway seems bereft without its own long-legged stalker along the shore. North America's largest heron stands about 4 feet ...

What's Barrington's village bird? The great blue heron. What's the symbol of the National Audubon Society? The great egret. That's all fine and dandy, but who's going to stick up for the smaller ...

The black heron (Egretta ardesiaca) is found in the wetlands of Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It is part of the egret family, which is known for its graceful wading and its long legs, necks, and ...

Photographer’s description: “Green heron was catching dragonflies. I had a video of a dragonfly that wiggled free. The green heron seemed to learn how to do a better job and, after dropping it in the ...

Like so many parents across the country, I dropped my son off for his first day of college last week. While on the way home, sitting in traffic on the Mass Pike, I watched a great blue heron fly high ...

You probably know a great blue heron when you see it, but what about the green heron or snowy egret? Learn to identify common ...

There’s a new rat czar in town. An otherwise majestic great blue heron was spotted devouring a New York City rat Saturday — a stomach-churning chow-down that a witness described as “dinosaurian.” The ...

The Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 105, No. 4 (Dec., 1993), pp. 573-586 (14 pages) During 1986, we studied the habitat, prey type, and prey size used by six species of egrets and herons in the Sian Ka'an ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. If ...

Footage emerged on Twitter of a Great Blue Heron swallowing a nasty, giant NYC rat. The video shows the heron dunking the rat in the Central Park pond before enjoying its meal. The birdwatcher who ...