Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off fire ants.

Two decades later, that side gig has turned into one of the longest data sets for migrating birds from South Florida. Davis and a small band of volunteers have examined, weighed, measured and ...

In Florida, this is the most familiar member of the family, readily entering towns and city parks and coming to backyard bird feeders. Its small size makes it versatile, and it may forage on weed ...

Florida is a wildlife enthusiast’s paradise particularly when it comes to the abundance, diversity and beauty of its birds. Watching sandpipers dart back and forth between the waves, seeing a ...

The Florida grasshopper sparrow might be the most endangered bird in the continental United States. Biologists are working hard to save it — and they think they’re making progress.

The Florida Scrub-Jay is the only endemic or native bird to Florida. Despite being classified as a threatened species by Florida in 1975 and by the federal government in 1987, the Scrub-Jay ...

Ornithological question of the day: Do American kestrels breed in Southwest Florida? “That’s a good question,” said Keith Laakkonen, Fort Myers Beach’s environmental sciences coordinator ...

By Brendan Rivers Sea level rise and other effects of climate change are now adding to the list of challenges facing some of Florida’s smallest residents: rare birds. On the St. Marys River in ...

A broad-winged hawk is seen during its fall migration over Curry Hammock State Park. The park has hosted the Florida Keys Hawkwatch, an annual census of migrating birds of prey, for 12 years.