EMPIRE, MI -- Wildlife photographer Thomas Gerndt was watching the sunset dip into Lake Michigan when a friend pointed out ...

Weighing up to 30 pounds and supported by short, stubby orange legs with webbed feet, the American white pelican waddles like penguins when moving on land. All the while, a supersized orange bill juts ...

It’s strange that although the Brown Pelican is our state bird, the American White Pelican is the bird that graces our state flag. And the story behind it is as interesting as the bird itself.

American white pelicans, with 9-foot, black-tipped wings and long orange beaks, are typically migratory birds. The birds’ numbers in the region dropped in the 19th and 20th centuries.

After being grounded for more than a year, two adult American white pelicans took to the air at Mason Regional Park on Wednesday. The birds slowly walked from their cages and seemed to put on a ...

Jan. 29—Five days a week Kern River Valley resident Eva Hollmann is out on the surface of Isabella Lake, windsurfing when the wind is right, but often rowing the wherry she built with her own ...

American white pelicans are among the largest birds in North America, with wingspans as long as 9 feet, just shy of those of the California condor, according to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

With a 9-foot wingspan, white pelicans are among the largest birds in North America. Bird experts describe this giant of the skies as a foraging avian that hunt collectively in large groups of up ...

An American White Pelican, which is rarely seen in Pennsylvania, has taken up residence along the Susquehanna River between Columbia and Wrightsville. A News 8 viewer shared several photos of the ...