Firefighters went out of their way this week to attempt a rescue of a wild heron entangled in a fishing line at Harveston ...

Henry Shen shared a pair of photos of Great Blue Herons at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Fremont, ...

While seabirds hunt far out beyond the reef, reef herons fish along the cay and reef flat. They have evolved to hunt during low tide, allowing them to wade the shallows. With excellent eyesight ...

SAN FRANCISCO - One heron has some new heroes after being rescued when it became tangled in a fishing line Saturday afternoon. San Francisco Animal Care & Control and the San Francisco Fire ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A young black-crowned night heron continues to recover after being found in a San Francisco tree tangled in fishing line with a hook in its bill, the SF Animal Care and ...

A lure and fish hook that together stretch 22 feet hangs from a stairwell ceiling at the University of Minnesota Duluth. The tackle turned heads when it passed under the Aerial Lift Bridge in 2013.

The other animals and birds feign respect but laugh at him behind his back. The heron hunts fish by standing very still in the water, on one leg, and waiting for fish to swim past. He cannot hunt ...