The bird, emaciated and weak, was unable to recover. About 2,000 animals a year are treated at the non-profit rehabilitation center, said communications director Hannah McDougall.

South Florida nature lovers offer tips on where to see the most colorful and diverse assortment of birds and other wildlife in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

It’s spring migration season in South Florida, and not just for us humans. The birds are going crazy. Birds from Central America and the Caribbean are making their way here, while storks are ...

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 South Florida Water Management District reported overall nesting down although snowy egrets, South Florida's dominant wading bird, had back-to-back good years. While rainfall played a part ...

Avian flu spread. Bird flu, aka severe avian influenza (“H5N1 bird flu”), spiked in the U.S. in 2022, spreading in North, Central and South America, in both birds and mammals.

A federal agency last month removed a bird native to Florida from the Endangered Species List, saying that the Bachman's warbler was one of more than 20 species now considered extinct. The U.S ...

But in 2023, birds likely from the Caribbean and Yucatán, where they are also native, rode the winds of Hurricane Idalia to land back in South Florida. As many as 101 birds were counted in the ...

A South Florida bird breeder is pleading for justice after he said thieves stole 300 parakeets and conures from his Redland property and poisoned five dogs — four of his own and one belonging to ...

After a video went viral of humans petting a threatened bird, which are a national symbol for New Zealand, South Florida zoo officials apologized and promised to end its “Kiwi Encounter." ...

Bird researchers have several theories about the birds' passage to Florida. "They came in on the storm, whether they wanted to or not," said Jerry Lorenz, state director of research for Audubon ...

When you think of flamingos, the images that come to mind are probably of African water holes, the Caribbean, Florida – or almost anywhere else other than Waynesville, Ohio.