Researchers are reporting mass die offs of wild birds and sea mammals due to bird flu. They're tracking the deaths to better understand the virus and how it might create a greater threat to humans.

Cape Coral boasts the greatest density of Florida burrowing owls – tiny birds of prey that prefer to live life underground – ...

Birds are always up to something, and these entries captured an array of avians doing everything from impaling prey to ...

Although the red-cockaded still faces obstacles, including continued habitat loss, impacts of climate change and the ...

The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.

Known as Florida's loudest bird, several limpkins haunt the shores ... and are mostly brown and black, with white and yellow feathers peeking out between. The limpkin has a long, downward ...

You saw a striking bird with a red head, did you? You wonder what it is. That shouldn't be too hard to figure out, should it? How many kinds of birds with red heads could there possibly be? In the ...

MIAMI - Part of the police force of a small island city connecting mainland ... Miami and has been a digital journalist in the South Florida area since 1997. Mauricio started at the Miami Herald ...

Marni Rose McFall is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on U.S. politics, social affairs and popular culture. She has covered fashion, culture, art and music extensively. Marni ...

These days, they’re also large reptilian predators expanding into South Florida’s developed areas ... the crocs tended to use only a very small portion of the territory — the rest was ...

After a year of rising bird flu cases among people in the United ... Even though Rasmussen thinks the number is too small, it’s “maybe the last money that’s going to go towards this ...

As large and showy as the bird is, there can be a hundred of them in the islands of Florida Bay without any passing boaters spotting them since they often forage in ponds encircled by thick mangroves.