It reflects larger patterns. Experts stunned after tropical creature is spotted in unexpected US location: 'There's nothing else that we can do' first appeared on The Cool Down.

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

(CNN) — From the rainforests of Central and South America to the savannas of northern Australia, the world’s equatorial regions are home to thousands of unique bird species, from macaws to toucans to ...

A mostly tropical bird was seen flitting around in Colorado, according to KUSA. While novel, its presence could be seen as an ill omen — or a freak occurrence. An anhinga was seen in Boulder County ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn’t one of them. The tropical bird is generally found in South America and southern Florida, ...

The Little Rock Zoo announced this week that it had closed its Tropical Bird House to the public in response to confirmed cases of avian flu in Faulkner and Prairie counties amid a nationwide outbreak ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A rare tropical bird has been spotted in Colorado, drawing the attention of excited birdwatchers. An anhinga, also known as a "snake bird," has appeared in eastern Boulder County, ...

Aug. 21, 2025 Updated Thu., Aug. 21, 2025 at 3:02 p.m. A juvenile wood stork feeds near the shoreline of Alexx & Michael's Pond in Broomfield, Colorado, on Aug. 21, 2025. The tropical bird, rarely ...

Of the 11,000-plus species of bird in the world (or 18,000-plus, depending on who you ask), most live in the tropics. In fact, around 50 percent of all known species live in just the Amazon and ...

Extreme heat poses grave threat to tropical birds The notion that bird populations are steeply declining is not new – a 2019 study found bird populations in the US and Canada have dropped by 30% since ...