Wood storks typically build their nests in trees or shrubs located above standing water, a strategy that helps protect colonies from ground predators. They nest in cypress swamps, mangroves, flooded ...

Wood storks were listed as endangered in 1984, when its population had dropped by over 75 percent—from roughly 20,000 nesting pairs to about 5,000 nesting pairs—primarily due to wetland loss.

For the first time in roughly six centuries, London’s skies may again carry the long, steady wings of the white stork. These large birds once lived alongside people, nesting on rooftops and feeding in ...

Once endangered, wood storks have rebounded and been delisted, but shrinking wetland protections could threaten their ...

Heavy rains last winter and spring drove nesting wood storks out of their southern Florida stronghold. Early nests in South Carolina apparently didn't hatch. But what could have been a miserable year ...

A nesting association between invasive and native bird species can counteract predators to aid the spread of an invasive species across non-urban habitats, where the invasives may become crop pests A ...

The white stork population has seen a remarkable increase in Harghita County, where the birds have found favorable feeding habitats and enjoy a traditionally positive relationship with local residents ...