Dive into these amazing facts about anhinga birds, the sleek, long-necked black birds that hunt (and swim) underwater.

Birdwatchers in Brooklyn, N.Y., were understandably excited to see an odd, ugly bird called an anhinga at their local Paradise Pond recently; it was far from its home in southern coastal regions, such ...

A REGULAR READER of Nature Talks also corresponds regularly and includes beautiful pictures he has taken of birds and other creatures. During a recent trip to Florida, he sent some pictures of an ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A bird that would be a common sight in Florida has been spotted in Colorado by birders near Boulder, but wildlife officials say it likely won’t stay in the area for very long. The ...

Today we meet the anhinga, a long-necked bird who’s adept at swimming and spearing fish and is sometimes confused with being a snake. The anhinga’s scientific name, (Anhinga anhinga), gets right to ...

Even 35 years later, small details about the one and only time Don Torino saw an Anhinga — a unique kind of water bird — peek through his memory. The president of the Bergen County Audubon Society ...

We are blessed here in Northeast Florida with an abundance of wildlife associated with the St. Johns River, and they are not all fish, shrimp and crabs either. We also have well over 200 species of ...

A large water bird usually found in Central and South America and Florida recently made its way to Maine—and birders have been flocking for a chance to see the unusual visitor. Last week, wildlife ...

With dark glossy wings and a neck like a serpent, a tropical anhinga has made Boulder its new perch. The sleek underwater hunter, often seen in the swamps of Florida or the wetlands of Mexico, was ...

When it comes to animal identification, people are often quick to imagine they are seeing something truly bizarre (and non-existent) than they are to conclude that they have seen something truly ...