Photo Credit: iStock A dramatic standoff at a Florida golf course showed just how far a parent will go to protect its young.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Terri Wilson was enjoying a recent Sunday morning at the Swiss Golf and Tennis Club in Winter Haven, when she witnessed a confrontation that could only happen in wild Florida. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many in Florida, sandhill cranes are just a part of everyday life. Whether it's hearing their guttural yell, seeing them fly ...

Florida sandhill cranes are a sight to behold across much of Florida. Adults stand almost 4 feet tall, making their young even more amazing by comparison. Colts can follow their parents within 24 ...

File under things you'll only see in Florida—a bird escorting an alligator off the golf course like a bouncer removing a drunk menace from a bar. Now that's worth the price of admission. The video ...

Statewide, sandhill cranes are considered "threatened" and "imperiled," according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. However, on the Treasure Coast they are very common, due to ...

A crane stood its ground and forced an alligator to retreat back into a Florida pond in a wild, caught-on-camera confrontation. The Sunshine State standoff began when a sandhill crane slowly ...

For many in Florida, sandhill cranes are just a part of everyday life. Whether it's hearing their guttural yell, seeing them fly by or having to patiently wait for them to cross the road. These birds ...

Florida is home to two subspecies of sandhill cranes: the year-round Florida sandhill crane and the migratory greater sandhill crane. Sandhill cranes are protected as a state-threatened species, and ...