There’s a depth in which I’m comfortable wading through southwest Florida’s wet-weather ponds, and that’s right about my waist. I feel that any deeper and I’ll be unable to mount a meaningful retreat ...

An unusual bird known to find temporary comfort in the gardens and trees of Houston-area neighborhoods is announcing itself with a distinctive call. The black-bellied whistling duck is typically about ...

The evening weather report showed a line of storms from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border. Bright yellow and red, the band represented severe thunder storms sweeping across the eastern United ...

In August 2010, I wrote a column about the black-bellied whistling-duck. It’s an odd “tree duck” that looks like a cross between a goose and a duck. Its genus name, Dendrocygna, means “tree swan.” ...

In 2017, the first black-bellied whistling ducks were reported in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. The following year, on July 28, two adults and 14 downy chicks were photographed in Posey County, ...

Another rare bird has been spotted in Ohio, and state wildlife experts believe it's here to stay. In a Facebook post this week, the Ohio Division of Wildlife reports that black-bellied whistling-ducks ...