LONG BEACH (AP) – Workers at the Schooner or Later restaurant are trained to seat customers under umbrellas – not necessarily to shade them from the hot California sun but to protect them from falling ...

Great blue herons are long of this world, an old species, fossils dating back at least 14 million years. In certain poses these birds can show that ancient age. If you google the bird it's hard to ...

On a road east of Elkton in Columbiana County sits an unusual housing complex. A welcomed sign of spring is to see that the residents have returned and are setting up housekeeping. The complex is a ...

Imagine a prince, tall and angular, or a princess, long and curvy. Either with a rakish bit of long, flowing hair, dark, piercing eyes and a regal way of moving. They seem all grace and refinement.

I grew up in Florida, which is a bit of a bird watcher’s paradise. Brown and white pelicans diving at the beach, ospreys in the mangroves along the shore, egrets in the backyard and, lurking and ...

Black-crowned night herons could write the book on squatter’s rights. Each spring for more than a century, a wild pack of these birds has descended on Smithsonian National Zoological Park in ...

Herons may appear graceful and still, but their hunting style tells a much older story. Their anatomy and strike mechanics ...

Egrets, herons and roseate spoonbills have other birds beat when it comes to showing off stunning spring plumage. The all-white great egret appears to be decked out in silken attire accented by ...

ST. LOUIS — They're elegant birds you simply can't miss standing on the edge of our rivers and lakes. But now, blue herons, night herons and two kinds of egrets have decided to call St. Louis home in ...

Thirty-six new Herons on the Bayou were unveiled Saturday at Bayou Park on the University of Louisiana Monroe campus. Brooke Foy, who teaches at ULM and created the community art project, thanked ...