Like a flying dinosaur straight out of Jurassic Park, the Brown Pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) has prehistoric antecedents going back 30 million years. One of the largest of our water birds, an ...

Types of Pelicans in America Of the eight species of pelicans in the world, only two live in North America—the American white pelican and the brown pelican. Baby Pelicans Are Big Eaters During its ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A pelican that caused a traffic stop in Spring Valley was later euthanized due to severe neurological symptoms indicating it may have had bird flu, according to the San Diego Humane ...

An American White Pelican indulged a bit too much at the seafood buffet and seemed to know it needed help getting its meal down — or out. According to rescuers with the Conservancy of Southwest ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s official—the brown pelican has been designated the official bird of St. Petersburg. The bird has already been an unofficial symbol of the city for decades, but Mayor Rick ...

A hungry pelican homed in on his next meal at a marina in the Florida Keys: a shiny object held by a woman. Easy prey, yummy meal. So the big bird snatched it and swallowed. But it was no fish. The ...

(CBS4) --Pathologists with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) confirmed Friday the most recent positive test for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) among the state's wild bird population has come ...

I laughed when a birder with a sense of humor referred to the brown pelican as “a dove designed by a committee.” That seemed like an appropriate description for this large, uniquely designed, ...

SARASOTA -- Wednesday was a sad day for employees, volunteers and repeat visitors to the Pelican Man's Bird Sanctuary. At 5 p.m., the wildlife animal hospital and education center, which rescued about ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Back in the late 19th century a four acre spit of land was a thriving bird rookery in the Indian ...

Whatever you think you know about pelicans, “Pelican Dreams” will surprise you. I like that filmmaker Judy Irving names one of the stars Gigi, short for Golden Gate Bridge, which the injured bird shut ...