For the first time in roughly six centuries, London’s skies may again carry the long, steady wings of the white stork. These large birds once lived alongside people, nesting on rooftops and feeding in ...
Wood storks filled the skies and cypress tree canopies of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary for millennia, breeding and feeding their young in one of the largest bald cypress forests on the planet. "A 1914 ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the wood stork from the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife.
Wood storks typically build their nests in trees or shrubs located above standing water, a strategy that helps protect colonies from ground predators. They nest in cypress swamps, mangroves, flooded ...
The wood stork will soon no longer be on the federal endangered species list. Some environmentalists say that's a bad thing.
A fussy female stork has finally found a suitable nest partner in a pairing that has delighted the internet and surprised experts. After they persistently mated over the course of several days, it ...
A nesting association between invasive and native bird species can counteract predators to aid the spread of an invasive species across non-urban habitats, where the invasives may become crop pests A ...
A picture from Ukraine of nesting "sacred" storks has become a 'symbol of hope' for the country during its drawn-out battle with Russia. The new nest comes as the species has repeatedly faced missiles ...
Some birds are known for their exotic beauty, brilliant colors or melodious songs. The gangly wood stork, with its long legs and bald head, is none of those. However, the bird has crafted its own ...
Were it the stock market or an EKG, we'd call it a crash. But when the subject is birds, and the people doing the talking are mostly scientists, the language is more measured, yet the underlying alarm ...