One of the largest flocks of flamingos in a decade was recently spotted in the Everglades by avian ecologist and restoration ...

Environmentalists working to restore native bird populations to the Florida Everglades are celebrating a major win. State environmental officials announced last week that last year’s ...

The birds once flocked to Florida’s southern fringes, dining on bounties of freshwater fish fattened during the wet season, then corralled for easy hunting as waters receded during dry months.

South Florida biologists are hoping this spring will be productive for the area's wading bird nesting colonies.

White ibis, the most prevalent wading bird in South Florida, saw significant nesting declines in 2022 and 2023. Overall nesting efforts for most wading bird species were below the 10-year average ...

The record rain that pounded South Florida and left the state a sodden mess last spring had a silver lining: an explosion of wading birds.

Thousands of wading birds are flocking to roost in the Florida Everglades. After decades of environmental disasters, it's a hopeful sight, reports NBC's Mark Potter.

But the Everglades' birds are important for another reason: The health of wading bird communities says a lot about progress on Everglades restoration.

Wading birds in the Everglades built more nests in 2018 than any other year in the last 80, a record-breaking nesting event made possible by the right balance of wet and dry conditions in the ...

It's not a canary or a coal mine in Florida, but the idea from Audubon of Florida is the same. Wading birds hold the same function as the canary, and in this case the coal mine is the Everglades.

A positive sign for Southwest Florida's environment: The population of wading birds in the Everglades is soaring to near-record numbers.

The birds once flocked to Florida’s southern fringes, dining on bounties of freshwater fish fattened during the wet season, then corralled for easy hunting as waters receded during dry months.