Behind a barbed wire fence was a bare-sided bathtub of a flooded gravel pit with nothing much on show. A few round-backed coots dozed close to the shore, a smattering of blobs sat farther out on the ...

Slavonian grebe, Podiceps auritus (protonym, Colymbus auritus), known formally throughout the United States as the horned grebe, and also known by a number of other names, such as the Slavonian ...

Just over 20 grebe species inhabit the world today. The group is technically known as the Podicipediformes, though there’s a long history of this name being spelt in various alternative ways and the ...

You have seen them though you may not have noticed them. They swim the waters of pond, lake and reservoir and some larger rivers. They are as much a part of local marshes as are cattails. You have ...

Conservationists are celebrating a record year for a rare wetlands bird at a West Yorkshire nature park. The RSPB said 2023 saw a surge in breeding pairs of Black-necked grebes, with 30% of the UK ...

The Hooded Grebe is a highly social bird. They nest colonially and feed in close proximity to each other. They move around their chosen lagoon, each keeping an eye on the sky for a Peregrine Falcon, ...

Only decades after its discovery in the high-altitude lakes of Patagonia, Argentina, Hooded Grebe was teetering on the brink of extinction. Since then, the bird with the spectacular courtship dance ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL) — Utah wildlife officials estimate 15,000 to 25,000 eared grebes have died in recent months from a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak across the Great Salt Lake, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. GENEVA — Alien fish species and nylon nets have led to the extinction of ...

Clear Lake, Calif., is a shallow, 40,000-acre body of fresh water that lies about 100 miles north of San Francisco. For centuries, it was home for a large colony of Western grebes, lovely birds that ...