There’s a new rat czar in town. An otherwise majestic great blue heron was spotted devouring a New York City rat Saturday — a stomach-churning chow-down that a witness described as “dinosaurian.” The ...

The great blue heron, as tall as a 7-year-old child and boasting a 6-foot wingspan, is among the largest and most distinctive birds you will see in the Inland Northwest or anywhere in the United ...

Great blue herons are long of this world, an old species, fossils dating back at least 14 million years. In certain poses these birds can show that ancient age. If you google the bird it's hard to ...

I grew up in Florida, which is a bit of a bird watcher’s paradise. Brown and white pelicans diving at the beach, ospreys in the mangroves along the shore, egrets in the backyard and, lurking and ...

Nestled high in the tree line near the Olympia Farmers Market the sounds of chirping chicks and the distinctive screech from adult great blue herons is filling the air during their nesting season.

Joseph Robbins got a beautiful photo of a great blue heron with its reflection in the water. The heron was looking for a mid-day meal in a shallow stream on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Mike Weirich ...