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 ...

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 ...

Percy the pelican is on the road to recovery after a concerned citizen found him trapped in the snow near an eastern Iowa ...

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 ...

Last month, a mob of pelicans amassed on the Central California coast, diving in droves for fish prey in the turbulent waters of Morro Bay. Thousands of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) ...

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 ...

There are delays for weather, traffic and even staffing shortages. But a flight from San Diego was delayed Thursday because of a bird. A pelican sat on the taxiway, blocking the path of a Horizon Air ...

Wildlife rehabilitators in Wisconsin say they are taking in an increasing number of large, protected birds that are illegally ...

I’ve just returned from a Florida vacation, where I spent most of my time being entertained by the pelicans. Is the pelican Florida’s state bird? If it isn’t, it should be. –Joan, New Bedford, MA No ...