A Florida governor in the early 1900s saw potential for the Everglades land but only if it was drained of its water.

One of the largest remaining tangles of undisturbed mangrove swamp on the island of Palm Beach was sold to billionaire Thomas ...

The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge on the Indian River Lagoon in East Central Florida became the first national wildlife refuge.

Birds in Florida and many other places now live in ... of the beach and the depth of coastal waters where shorebirds and wading birds feed. Global warming contributes to extreme heat waves and ...

Two other species of wading birds found locally and that are not ... Both are dark-colored water birds that dive for fish in Florida, but they have several differences that can help you tell ...

It is also the critical breeding ground for a large variety of wading birds. In the 1800s, the Seminole Indians, who had been driven out of Florida, sought refuge deep in the cypress trees ...

According to the National Audubon Society, the limpkin is a wading bird with no close relatives. It feeds largely on freshwater apple snails in Florida and southern Georgia, and spends most of its ...

Scientists with the University of Florida and the U.S. Geological Survey ... and other small fish that provide important food for wading birds and other Everglades animals. Sightings can be ...

Southwest Florida is an ideal place for nature and ... Animals like otters, alligators, turtles, wading birds, and more live at the Slough year-round. Others, like migrating birds and butterflies ...