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 ...

On 7 th May, 2011 at around 5:50 am, a 54.9 grams chick was hatched successfully in its hatchery house in Phochu in Punakha district. On 7 th May, 2011 at around 5:50 am, a 54.9 grams chick was ...

At 4 feet tall, with a wingspan of up to 6 feet, and weighing about 6½ pounds, the great blue heron is one of the largest — and most impressive — birds in Massachusetts. Whether standing statuesque at ...

Shrimplike creatures, an extinct dinosaur called the "hell heron" and colorful beetles are among the 552 new species described this year by scientists at the Natural History Museum in London.