A rare wading bird is making a major comeback across the Southeast, prompting federal officials to remove it from the ...

FWS announced Feb. 9 that the well-known bird will be removed from the list as the population has grown in other states over the past several years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of naturalists spent weeks in the wilds of South Florida in the 1930s, braving alligators and snakes to find and photograph ...

Wood storks were listed as endangered in 1984, when its population had dropped by over 75 percent—from roughly 20,000 nesting pairs to about 5,000 nesting pairs—primarily due to wetland loss.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 16—The wood stork may find its way off the endangered species list if a proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife may upgrade the wood stork's status from "endangered" to "threatened." But some environmentalists and the Audubon... Wood Stork's Endangered Status Is Up In The Air The last ...

A deer hunter has discovered a rare subtropical wood stork in the wilds of Wisconsin. Horicon Marsh Bird Club President Jeff Bahls says a hunter scouting for deer first sighted the bird Sunday in a ...

The wood stork is distinctive in appearance. Some describe the large bird with long legs and neck and bald head as "charismatic." Others are less charitable. In all cases, however, bird watchers can ...

ST. PETERSBURG — 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 on ...

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Bird watchers in Key West are excited about recent sightings of the rare wood stork. The Key West Citizen (http://keysnews.com/node ) reports ...