An anhinga drying its wings in Florida. Credit: Jeff White They are two of Florida's most iconic waterbirds, who look and behave similarly, but it turns ...

Today we meet the anhinga, a long-necked bird who’s adept at swimming and spearing fish and is sometimes confused with being a snake. The anhinga’s scientific name, (Anhinga anhinga), gets right to ...

The anhinga isn’t the first rare bird to make an appearance in the Pine Tree State in recent years. In 2018, a great black hawk showed up in Biddeford, marking just the second known U.S ...

An anhinga, a tropical bird rarely seen in Colorado, is taking a vacation at a private Boulder County pond to the delight of Denver-area birdwatchers.

They are two of Florida's most iconic waterbirds, who look and behave similarly, but it turns out the anhinga and the double-crested cormorant are quite different, new research from the University ...

The anhinga was not on it.” The last documented anhinga sighting was at Barr Lake State Park on May 3, 2003, according to the group’s Colorado Bird Records Committee. Before that, the anhinga was seen ...

An anhinga sits on the limb of a dead tree in a pond along North 95th street in Boulder County near Lafayette on June 11, 2025. The anhinga, sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or ...

Bird watchers look for an anhinga that has been spotted in ponds along North 95th street in Boulder County near Lafayette on June 10, 2025. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post) ...