No other animal is as inexorably linked with extinction as the dodo, an odd-looking flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean until the late 17th century.

Birds may use alligators as bodyguards to protect their nests from hungry raccoons and opossums, but gator payment may come at a steep cost — namely, in the form of the birds' chicks that are ...

Wading birds tend to nest in trees over deeper water, but that’s not exactly preferable for their protectors. Other studies have found alligators fare better during dry seasons, ...

The great Florida swamp is a terrible place to raise a family. Wading birds with nests in the Everglades worry constantly. Bandits are everywhere. They steal babies and eat them, sometimes in front… ...

Wading birds, such as flamingos and ibises, have long, thin, featherless legs that make it easy to release heat from their bodies. When the blood circulates up and down their legs, heat dissipates ...

Wading birds across the Everglades had a rough couple of years with annual nesting over the last two seasons below the 10-year average, according to reports compiled by the South Florida Water ...

Wading birds that once flocked here in untold numbers have shrunken in population over the past 100-plus years, and it seems the downward spiral is continuing for some species.