No one, not even New Yorkers, can be prepared for a showdown between a rat and a blue heron. The majestic bird made Central Park an impromptu restaurant recently, settling in a grassy area to dine on ...

What's Barrington's village bird? The great blue heron. What's the symbol of the National Audubon Society? The great egret. That's all fine and dandy, but who's going to stick up for the smaller ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A man was arrested after police say he stabbed a great blue heron to death in front of his son. The Port St. Lucie Police Department said on Sunday officers were ...

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 ...

Trail camera videos shared by Florida wildlife officials show herons have been seen wandering with a bizarre-looking ”armored” fish dangling from their beaks, and there’s a reason the creatures don’t ...