Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

Academy researchers identified 72 species new to science in 2025, including the newly recognized Galápagos lava heron, a shy deep-sea fish, and a rare sunflower relative found in a U.S. national park.

The great blue heron, as tall as a 7-year-old child and boasting a 6-foot wingspan, is among the largest and most distinctive birds you will see in the Inland Northwest or anywhere in the United ...

The white-bellied heron inhabits the wetlands of tropical and subtropical forests in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas. Image by Rajkimar99 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 The white-bellied heron ...

Their funny poses and striking colors make them entertaining to watch and fun to photograph. And as the climate continues to warm, green herons are spending more time in Alabama each year. “They’re a ...

Costa Rica is home to a variety of herons, egrets, and bitterns. In general, they are birds with long legs and sharp beaks that search for prey in aquatic environments. Almost every one of these ...

For bird enthusiasts and average residents alike, the sight of wild, colorful migratory birds like the great egret or the black-crowned night heron, in a dense and loud city like New York is something ...

We are blessed here in Northeast Florida with an abundance of wildlife associated with the St. Johns River, and they are not all fish, shrimp and crabs either. We also have well over 200 species of ...

Take a closer look at that long-legged heron — it might be a tricolored heron! Here's where to find these birds, and how to identify them.

It is always exciting to see a black-crowned night heron at the Warm Springs WMA because it is the only area in Western Montana that there is breeding evidence for this species. There are few breeding ...