If you see cattle in Southeast Texas, there's probably a little white bird somewhere close. Those birds are called egrets, and they're not clinging to cows for some cute animal friendship. There ...

More cattle egrets have been spotted at a wetland nature reserve than ever before. Experts used a thermal imaging camera to count the small, white herons - renowned for their close relationship with ...

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.

Charles Darwin described competitive interactions as one factor of natural selection and evolution, and present-day biologists usually emphasize this tenant whenever explaining basic, evolutionary ...

Cows rest in the shade in a pasture on Home Place Road, accompanied by cattle egrets, a species of egret that like to eat the bugs stirred up by cattle grazing. These cows were resting and the birds ...

Native to Africa, the cattle egret has expanded its range to include a large part of the world, including the United States. First recorded in Oklahoma in 1962, cattle egrets are now common in ...

Recent bird sightings reported to Mass Audubon: Outstanding reports this week were three swallow-tailed kites in Rehoboth, single western cattle egrets in Harwich and Fairhaven, a Ross’s goose in ...

City officials in Fort Worth are urging residents to gear up for egret season, offering tips to head off problems from these migratory birds before they settle in local neighborhoods. Fort Worth ...