ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered sufficiently in Florida and other Southern states that U.S. wildlife ...

There comes a point in every child’s life when they ask where babies come from, and some parents—not wanting to explain the details of reproduction just yet—turn to the story of storks. We ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered sufficiently in Florida and other Southern states that U.S. wildlife ...

Imagine encountering a creature from the past—a bird standing 5 feet tall with long, slender legs, a duck-like head, and a massive shoe-shaped beak. Why watch this video? Meet the Shoebill Stork, a ...

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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 ...

Thirteen years ago, a stork landed on a fisherman’s boat looking for food. He has come back every year since, drawing national attention. Adem Yilmaz in his fishing boat with his stork companion ...

While migratory storks still visit from the continent, conservationists say that the lack of existing colonies prevents them from settling to breed ...

For more than 20 years, he has been shepherding the recovery of the wood stork — a big, long-legged wading bird that in the 1980s was feared to be on a path to extinction. You’ve probably seen ...

The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has rebounded dramatically in Florida and other Southern states, officials say.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has recovered sufficiently in Florida and other Southern states that U.S. wildlife officials ...