Nevertheless, nature still has the ability to surprise us. Take the shoebill, for example: a bird so bizarre, it almost ...

I shared a moment that highlighted the Great Blue Heron’s remarkable intellect as it dealt with an invasive catfish. I ...

Its beak is so disproportionally large that it looks like it shouldn’t exist, it makes a crazy noise, and its Spanish name is fantastically fun to say. So what are we waiting for? Let’s meet the ...

When hunting for small fish in shallow water, the black heron uses its wings like an umbrella to create a patch of shade beneath it. ( How this owl detects prey hiding under mounds of snow .

And the bird that looks the most like a dinosaur to me, so much that it sends me back to the Cretaceous in my mind, is the great blue heron. I have spent a lot of time watching herons stalk fish ...